I clicked the green button to describe our seasons, and then the pale blue one to explain that our president was Bill Clinton and our vice president was Al Gore. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She pressed some more buttons, and made a face, and said, “Nothing.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They think I press buttons and the house is clean. They think I five in a palace.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was more fumbling now, with buttons and positioning of legs and arms. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Stripped to my waist, I slung the mop, moving steadily like a machine, hearing the Jewish boy press the button on the stop watch as I finished cleaning a room. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little girl nodded and looked down at herself, at the jacket with its row of large buttons that designated her as a Seven. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I fidgeted with the buttons on my sweater. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, yeah. I hate to change out of sports-car mode, but I suppose . ..” He took out his car keys and beeped the security alarm button. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then, as if it were no big deal, she grabbed the jacket, put the button in her mouth, and used her teeth to nibble through the thread. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

With Hannah’s words ready at the push of a button, it feels wrong to smile like this. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The little bathroom has no lock on the door and there's a button to push if you need help—like, maybe if you run out of toilet paper? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to reach the button more than anything, but it was impossible to walk with an arm where my leg should have been. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The small boy in buttons put the package on the table in the centre of the room. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She undid her rolled sleeves and buttoned them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands of men and women wore buttons that said “Our Carter” and watched in silence as, carriage by carriage, the city’s greatest men drove past. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Ten. How many buttons on your shirt? Don’t look.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I say, going to push the button to get our money back. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I aimed it at the cardboard TV frame she’d taped around my window and pretended to push one of the fake remote control buttons. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I gingerly test my hoverboard, then realize that a button exists on the board beneath each of my heels. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After a few more tries I tied the thread around the button. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She presses a button or two and looks again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And now Charlie noticed that every single button had a tiny printed label beside it telling you which room you would be taken to if you pressed it. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Garnett no longer looked well; his coat was buttoned at the throat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched big scarecrow fingers perform the intricate business of pushing pearl buttons through holes too small for them, and she marveled at the power in Calpurnia’s hands. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And in all the excitement, one of their paws accidentally slapped an important little button on the back of the robot’s head. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She depressed the sunken button, and eight hundred watts of unfiltered light blasted from the twin spotlights above her eyes. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Krios took his finger off the button and called out, “Double Red! Where is Double Red?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I pressed the buttons on the cell phone and handed it to Bran. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His date rolls her eyes, strides into the elevator, and pokes the "L" button until the door closes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Look, you don’t have to tell me the story,” I say, punching the elevator button a few more times. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“If they’ll just die in private I think I can handle it. I better get a half-dozen ant traps and buttons, and also a can of powder.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever he was out with others, he was properly buttoned up, his clothes clean and ironed within an inch of their lives—but not with me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He wore a blue suit buttoned all the way up the front with bright gilt buttons, and trimmed with braid, and he had copper-toed shoes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Sharpe handed them each a large chocolate lollipop and pushed some buttons that made the head of her bed go up. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

My coat was from Papagallo, lime green with horn-shaped buttons made from bone. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Our hands turn pages of books, press fingertips to keyboard buttons, hold pencils and pens. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I pressed the panic button. The cops’ll be on her in no time.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was like pushing a button in me—the kind of big blinking red button you might find in some sort of nuclear facility surrounded by warning signs and evacuation maps. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The fun uncle is buttoning up his coat. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He traded buttons and bags of cinnamon and salt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I put it near my mouth and press the button. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Learning how to push the right buttons, how to switch smoothly from one level to another, how to make contractions. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Holding the elevator door open with one foot, Bridge had pushed the buttons for every floor in the building, except for sixteen, where Alex lived. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I reached over and hit the button that rolled down the front window. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing her blue coat with the silver buttons and the blue hat to match, and on the days when she wore these it Was the easiest thing in the world to offend her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She sat on it, pushed a button, and it glided up and down the stairs. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I think most people would have pressed the button the moment they realized the stakes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I’d wring your neck if you were mine, you old torment,” cried Laurie, shaking his fist at the bird, who put his head on one side and gravely croaked, “Allyluyer! bless your buttons, dear!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Padre Leo emerges one night from his bedroom to say Mass. His flannel shirt is inside out and buttoned incorrectly. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Do you need help finding his button?” she asks. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Hype’s known to push the right buttons to make folks act a fool. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

"It's only a question of pressing the right button." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She began to undo the buttons of her blouse. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

From the moment I pressed the firing button the following weekend, I knew it was our best rocket yet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bill held him close, so that a button on his sweater was pressing painfully into Jesse’s forehead, but as uncomfortable as he was, Jesse didn’t move. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She reached, then, to stab at the elevator button. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But now he was standing up really straight, dressed in a tight fitting blue uniform with gold buttons, like the ones servants wear in a banking company. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the drain pipe, Tucker’s nest was a jumble of papers, scraps of cloth, buttons, lost jewelry, small change, and everything else that can be picked up in a subway station. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driver showed him the cell phone and started pushing the buttons. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

What's not blurry is the bright blue coat, and, if I squint hard enough, a row of minuscule double-breasted silver buttons marching down the front. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the button next to the word “LIVE” flashed red. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

As they jumped to their feet and hurried off, a crew member put on his ear protectors, picked up his jackhammer, and pushed the start button. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

With my glasses, I see cracks lining sidewalks, the petals on dandelions, the iridescent mother-of-pearl buttons on Danielle’s blouse, and all the words and sentences and math problems that Mrs. Margolis writes on the blackboard. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She adds a cardboard flat of opalescent buttons for my unfinished dress. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

His shiny bald head and great silvery mustache gleamed as brightly in the sunlight as the golden buttons on his waistcoat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The police searched the truck and wondered why anyone would hijack a truck containing, not pork and beans, but cases of buttons. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Most people are motivated by their own self-interest, and pushing the button would ensure their survival. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She buttoned me up the front as I buttoned my cuffs, then I tucked my shirttails in. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was starting to bug me more than the button. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

People usually asked her whether or not she had a belly button, since she had been born magically. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then he saw a red button right in the middle. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Fumbling with the screen, I finally press the green button, and his face appears. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She buttoned her coat, then moved her hand in a suit yourself wave when Violet said she’d wait a bit longer. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least that seems to be the case because no one looks twice when I open doors or hit the elevator button. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here is a button from your tunic. It was found in the American lady’s compartment. What have you to say for yourself about it?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fragment of beetle was sticking to her lower lip, and there was no expression at all in her black button eyes. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She reaches down, presses the button again, and picks up the box without even burning herself. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

In the hall, I push the down elevator button, jam on my earmuffs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I put a blank disc into the laptop and hit the button to burn the Save Dad from His Funk playlist. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

His cap is straight now and his sleeves rolled down and buttoned. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat at a rack of buttons, punching up the shots I ordered. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I pull open the lobby door of our building, push the up elevator button, and watch the slow numbers descend—seven, six, five, four... Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She punches the buttons, and the whirring sound begins. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Amy pushed a button and, our faces bathed in the glow of the screen, we watched the future a second time. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Piper hadn’t realized she was charmspeaking, but Leo immediately dropped his screwdriver and punched the alarm button. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Ivy punches the silver button on the hand dryer and holds up the shirt. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Seven and Iesha unknowingly hit the pause button on the party. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Mom presses buttons and says, “I lost some important tapes your dad and Grandpa Ted made a long time ago. I’m hoping the ones from the shed might be them.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I think it’s a little harsh how the END button is red. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Dylan turns to me, once again abandoning the complex sorcery of the pause button. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The shirt is stuck and will not come away, it is buttoned at the back. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I put the panic button back in the pocket of the backpack, it wasn’t for me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“The two children may press one button each. So take your pick! Hurry up! In every room, something delicious and wonderful is being made.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I reached out and clawed a button eye from the bear’s face. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You won’t press the button to save the world because you don’t think you deserve to live in it.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He put his hand over the tiny green-and-white button he wore in his lapel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we investigated six corridors without finding the secret passage, and after all of Char’s buttons were gone, we climbed the back staircase. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing that changed is that he calls me Space Boy twice as often, which only toughens my resolve not to press the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I press a few more buttons on the binocs till I find the ones that take me in closer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Grover was in the controllers booth now, slamming away at the buttons. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

If I don’t press the button, the world will end in 140 days. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She just jams her thumb into the right button. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“There’s no need to cry, miss! It’s no big deal—you just hit the wrong button. I won’t take off any points for that!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I press the button that flattens its head, leaving the table hovering over me like a vulture. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Artemis buttoned his designer jacket, pausing at the mirror to straighten his tie. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

We held hands again and walked back to the hotel after we pinned the buttons that had names of people who were killed because of violence on a tree in front of the Washington Monument. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, he presses a button on the dashboard that prevents air circulation. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed in indigo jeans, a navy blazer, and a light blue collared shirt, the top two buttons unbuttoned. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The satyr was a little trigger-happy, and the helm had plenty of bright, dangerous buttons that could cause the picturesque Italian villages below them to go BOOM! The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He finished buttoning and took a bite of the bagel, set it down on the counter while he poured himself some coffee. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I clench my fists down on the buttons on my palms, and I jerk forward through the water in a blur of motion, slicing a trail behind me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I slam my hand on the ramp’s retraction button—nothing. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Small brown buttons that appear to be as useless to them as most men’s. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When the time came, I sent instructions to the Agena by pressing buttons on a small black box, and the Agena responded by lighting its engine. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shoulders dropped, rolled back as if he just unbuttoned the top button on his pants after a big meal. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

They are plush, like the train car, but also have so many automatic gadgets that I'm sure I won't have time to press all the buttons. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“FYI, it’s hard to unbutton buttons when your hands are shaking,” I say, and even though it’s not a joke, we both laugh. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Those gigantic seabirds, they keep what they take. Also, they steal buttons. And hairpins.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The card disappeared and a new button appeared on the console, a red one that said 600. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I can see where the teams will stand and the big buttons they’ll push for the answers. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Push that red button if you need me, okay?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I clicked through to his number and I knew—even as I hesitated, my finger hovering over the call button—I knew that I was only inviting trouble. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They proudly showed him how securely their buttons were fastened and how nice and straight their pant legs hung. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I buttoned up my coat to escape the cold. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I have to really suck it in to get it buttoned these days. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Now you’ll want to hold it out in front of you and press—” I press the button and Magnus goes stiff as a board, his thick arms clapping against his sides. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Celia noticed the tiny ivory buttons down her aunt’s spine, marveled at their uselessness. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy's hand hovered over a button, and his lips bore a cheeky Mona Lisa smile, as if he were hoarding all the secrets of the universe and would never share. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Grenadiers they were, in bearskin caps, coat tails buttoned back to show their white breeches. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand is hovering in front of the buttons. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She buttoned her coat and left the drugstore and noticed, at the same moment as that Violet did, that it was spring. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands were shaking, and her finger slipped off the record button, sending the message to him. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s going to be tender for a couple of days. But you’ll be fine. I promise,” the nurse says gently as she pushes a button to make the bed go flat again. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Mary Alice’s trunk was full of paper: yellowed Farm Journals and buttons on cardboard and a ton of dress patterns. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed a small button set into the barrel and the gun emitted a tone. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’m hemmed in by tweed coats, my eyes as high as their second buttons. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I reached my house, my feet cut and sore, I decided I would never press the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

So, I told him a little about Mary Elizabeth, leaving out the part about the tattoo and belly button ring. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

As the thing reached her, Coraline put out her hand and closed it around the thing’s remaining button eye, and she tugged as hard as she knew how. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I never know if my dad says that kind of stuff because he means it, or if he’s just trying to push Alice’s buttons. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I must not have buttoned my coat; it's flapping wildly behind me as I pedal. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I wish I could click a save button so I could play this moment over and over and over again. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I push the down button, then I remember— I'm not really here. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother works at home, like my father. She makes greeting cards and buttons like this.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

A boy in a blue shirt squeezed his way past me and pressed the number 5 button. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t see the brass button, but she could imagine his finger hovering over it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

From buttoning pants I to lifting a dollar out of your pocket, a good hook is essential. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was letting me know that he’d pushed every button, but still nothing was happening. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Knot slapped a lever and tapped a button inside the service hole. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t mind, I said to Amari, pressing the stop button. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She let him nest his fingertip in her belly button. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since Senator Oscar Diaz is in California speaking at a rally for gun control today, Alex punches the button for the fifth floor instead. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Max glides her finger along the buttons of my television remote. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Why, what do you make out that they done with their buttons then, Jack?” asked the landlord, vacillating weakly. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I go to the machine and push the Eject button. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

One of the buttons pops off his shirt as he bends over, and it rolls across the intricate line-pattern of the kitchen linoleum. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed a button on my IV—then put it in my hand. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Blunt must have pressed a hidden button or else he was being overheard, for at that precise moment a door opened and a waiter—in white jacket and black trousers—appeared carrying three plates. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

They’ve had plenty of opportunities, and there were definitely a few times I might have pressed the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile Ephialtes laughed as he pushed buttons on his control board, cranking the conveyor belts into high gear and opening random animal cages. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She rifles through her closet: the turquoise silk blouse with red buttons, the pale pink flowered dress with a ruffled hem. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I hesitantly walked into the congested box and the boys laughed at me, as I stood there unaware that I had to press the button for the box to start moving. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The buttons were on an outsized cotton shirt, which was what had replaced the turtlenecks now that it was warm. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nurse Hickey loosened my tie and unfastened my shirts top buttons. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She buttoned the top buttons of her old black sweater and pulled her shawl up around her chin. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just like my parents’ pods, the button blinks in a slow orange sputter over the nameplate. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And on top she is wearing a Westernized suit jacket, awkwardly stylish on my mother’s small body, with its padded shoulders, wide lapels, and oversize cloth buttons. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He buttons the front of his jacket so Rémy can see his naval emblems. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He pressed a button on his workbench, and metal shutters opened along the wall. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They were thin, and pale, and quite pretty, and had black button eyes. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

His right hand left the wheel and opened a button on his tunic and pulled it out from under his shirt. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“And of course it isn’t my belly button. Would I call an emergency meeting to show you a picture of my belly button?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes. You know, the ones that snap in when you push a button. Charles and I used to fight over it all the time. It’s still at home somewhere.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jen had explained it to him once, told him the exact sequence of buttons to hit to disable it. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed the button for floor eight, and the door closed. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Two more days of filming,” he said as he pressed the button to close the trunk. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He leaped up, flung on his clothes and went out of the door still buttoning his shirt. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Really she did not look like someone who could teach you how to button your shirt on straight. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” she says, pushing the down elevator button. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Now he’s unfastening the button of his jeans. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When you press a button, it becomes a mini barometer, show- ing the air pressure. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pound the elevator button, over and over again, but it’s taking too long. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The twin set is just two sweaters, both the same color, one with buttons down the front, the other without. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Crow was buttoned up in a black moth-eaten winter coat; a black shawl covered her head. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glance nervously at the empty nurses’ station behind me before sliding quickly into the elevator and jamming the door-close button. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He hit the button to answer, and he heard a burst of sound from the earbud. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Marshall was puzzling over his buttons, which were on the wrong side, and he didn’t answer. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the buttons were scattered on the floor. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

At the time, there were more cases of pneumonia, typhus, and gangrene among button factory laborers than in any other industry. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

The troops from Andover appeared in their dashing red uniforms, every button shining, leather gleaming. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I buttoned my jacket against the wind and concentrated on Captain Billy’s sons Edgar and Richard who had jumped ashore and were helping Otis tie up the ferry with graceful, practiced steps. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a second, she stood, hurriedly buttoning her top. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

If I don’t press that button, the sluggers will simply collect a couple of breeding pairs and restart the human experiment on another planet. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The waitress blinked, as if somebody had just pressed the rewind button on her brain. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Vincent at first refused to let me play, but when I offered my Life Savers as replacements for the buttons that filled in for the missing pieces, he relented. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The box holds a brand-new cell phone, and I immediately turn it on and start pushing all the buttons. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At the same time, three small buttons right above my hand hover against the wall. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They wanted me to turn in my Union button.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached into the pocket of Liam’s jacket and pushed the panic button. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then a leather helmet and goggles, and with her little button of a nose and her pink cheeks you really had something. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pixel managed to get the phone out, prop it on the edge of one of the boxes beneath her chin, and press the answer button with her nose. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

They have the same look: the Converse All Stars with the Dickies pants and the open shirt buttoned only at the top. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“We’ll start with a practice round, so you can familiarize yourself with our button system. Everyone ready? Which of the following is a mammal? A. Cat B. Bird C. Turtle D. Spider.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I hit the Player One button again and began my third game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The panic button was jumping up into the air, bouncing against my chin and shoulders. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

These were round buttons designed by Hyacinth with help from her button machine. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The sluggers had shown me a projection of the earth exploding again, along with the big, red button, but they hadn’t shocked or blissed me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing a dark purple suit, and a starched white shirt with matching purple buttons. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I plucked the silly button off his shirt, dumped it in the hole I was digging, and covered it over with dirt. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The lights in the hallway made her black button eyes glitter and gleam. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

All the same, she couldn’t resist reaching down and pressing her own tummy button to see if it worked. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He punched in a number, then hit the speaker button. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They egg her on: “Listen, I don’t blame you! I think he’s just cute as a button!” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sorted the new notions and tried to organize a button display. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He hits the up button, stands by me, and nods. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I say, “Meaning if you were in the room with The Button, you know, the end of the world nuclear bomb button, just you and it, man and button, you’d press it? Just like that.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A union button was pinned to the collar of her simple green dress. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But I felt like one of those little mice who has to figure out the right button to push before its food will drop down into the cup. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hover over the accept button, stifling my smile as I wait a few seconds to pick up, my fingers tapping away on the trackpad. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Our teacher slips in a cassette tape and presses a button. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Buford came out into the open, saw his staff tidying itself up, combing hair, buttoning buttons. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly, Charlie started reading some of the labels alongside the buttons. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I watched his fingers tapping the buttons on the accordion. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Candice nodded, and the woman pressed a button on the phone. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I put the thing on and did up the front button. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I die before deciding whether to press the button, will the sluggers abduct someone else and force them to choose, or will they let the world end? We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He buttoned his fly slowly and adjusted his black alpaca sleeve guards and squared his green eyeshade. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That is NOT your belly button,” Tab said. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She punched some buttons on it and let out a yelp of joy. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Consuela pressed a button, and a door slid open to show a scene so unexpected, Matt wondered whether he was dreaming after all. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled at me, cute as a new button. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It took me awhile, buttoning up the vest, and I liked the coat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As if she can tell I'm looking at her hands, she stirs, feels around a little, pushes a button, and the voice stops. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She herself was wearing a knitted jacket buttoned up to her chin, and when Meggie wasn’t thinking of Mo or Capricorn she wondered whether Elinor might melt away inside it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Stopping time wasn’t just a matter of pressing the on button, there was a series of delicate procedures that had to be performed with utmost precision. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Her black button eyes were expressionless, but her lips were pressed tightly together in a cold fury. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Hornet pressed a button on the telephone and Esther's voice shrilled through Victor's office. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches over and pushes the button, the window sliding shut to a solid wall again. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

One boy was throwing a button against the wall, playing some kind of game. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squeezed in beside the irritated passengers, and checked to make sure that the button for level one had been pushed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I came out, I was directed onto an elevator with no buttons or floor indicator. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I grin, push a button, and a song from the latest teen musical begins to play. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

By the time we get in there, she’s got the TV on, punching buttons, muttering, “Channel Ten...Channel Ten...” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Coin indulgently hits the replay button, and this time, since I know what will happen, I try to pretend that I’m watching this on my television at home in the Seam. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The silver buttons up the side of each moccasin had rainbirds carved on them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She shook it and flicked the button with her thumb until at last a small flame shot out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Leo punched some buttons and spun his Archimedes sphere. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was filled with unusual pieces of sculpture and pretty collections in glass jars: buttons, marbles, and rhinestones displayed on shelves so they caught the light. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Press the button before you have to go, not after you wet the bed. I only change the sheets once a day.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

After all, it didn’t take much education to haul tobacco or push a few buttons on a machine in the textile mills. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

We pour the buttons in front of us and use our fingertips to spread them into a one-button-thick layer. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She wore a pointed hat and layers of capes, shawls, sweaters buttoned at the throat like capes, the sleeves flying behind like sausage skins. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man presses a button, and the band-saw blade starts running. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yellow buttons,” Natalie says, taking two buttons out of her pocket. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others are making their way to the door, but she hangs back, buttoning her peacoat. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I watched in amazement as he placed the button on the tiles a foot within the hallway we had just left. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It would have big keys, so my thumbs could push the right buttons, and it would connect to my wheelchair. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“It seems I cannot press the button,” she said. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Some families sewed gold and jewelry into the linings of their bras, the waistline of pants, in sleeves, behind buttons, or in underwear. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wonka pressed another button, and the elevator swung upwards into the sky. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were brown- colored and shaped like men, and icing had been used to make eyes, noses, and button coats. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His legs were stilts, his eyes leaked water, his beard ended in wisps at the third button of his vest, his skin appeared pink and chafed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then a shirt with a high collar attached b> another button. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Normally he wore shorts and T-shirts, but today he had on a shirt with buttons all down it, and a tie even. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jaja and I looked in the mirror just long enough to make sure our buttons were done right. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of faking it, I push the button for the sentence “Go back to H-5,” and Catherine and I roll back down the hall. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He did not need anyone, but it was an excellent idea to have someone around to keep an eye on him, button his shirts when his hands were useless, and run his house. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

We got home from school and found Uncle Darnell buttoning his shirt, getting ready to go out. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The last time I had watched a movie, it had been a Disney tape, so I pressed the play button on the Pottses’ VCR remote. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It had air-conditioning, gold shag upholstery, windows that went up and down with the push of a button, and a working turn signal, so Dad didn’t have to stick his arm out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The largest rat climbed onto the old man’s shoulders, swung up on the long gray mustache, past the big black button eyes, and onto the top of the man’s head. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Several minutes passed between his undoing of one button and the next, his eyes closed all the while, his head still on her shoulder, as the bus hurtled down the empty, dark highway. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I close the gap and stare at the perfect brown skin exposed by the open buttons of her shirt. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

We've discussed the details of the buttons, the refracted light from the crystals on the chandelier. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“So young. Oh, he’s cute as a button, isn’t he, Nell?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The camera slung around his neck, with an impressive telephoto lens and numerous buttons and markings, was the only complicated thing he wore. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Inside were snapshots, old letters, precious buttons, worry beads. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

By the time she returns, I have managed to undo three buttons on my other shirt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She fiddles nervously with the big blue buttons on her yellow fleece coat, as if she can button out the termites like the cold. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Finally, without speaking or looking at me, Miss Norris swung her feet in their high, black, buttoned boots over the other side of the bed and walked out of the room. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“How are you feeling?” he asked, eyeing the button for the nurse. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I probably wasn’t even thinking about how a stomach is a balloon full of stew, gurgling around behind your belly button. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

So I push a couple of buttons, and the machine speaks the words I’ve never been able to say. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She offered sesame candy from a dish beside the lamp that also had buttons in it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I mean, you push a button, and ice cubes jump out of the door on the fridge. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed in his tan pants with the pointy creases and a button shirt. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I could use it to run, push buttons of one sort or another, make things happen. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not a single feather remains and Celia is once again wearing a puffed-sleeve black jacket, already buttoned over her black-and-white gown. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Seven had nearly forgotten the gold button on their cloaks that allowed them to float on the wind. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She jabs the door close button, and then the button for the top floor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

With some difficulty, he pressed a button and waited a moment. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

And with the press of a button she erases his fear. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But she already had the phone in her hand, her thumbs flying over the buttons. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And for once, Genie didn’t mind because at least he had that button. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Night, Stella,” I say, hesitating before pressing the end-call button and closing my laptop. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I ripped the white curtain back, joining the two halves of the room while Chubs fussed with the TV, clicking the power button on and off. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her white shirt is buttoned all the way up to her neck and hangs loose over her shoulders. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“No!” whispered Montag, “The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at. dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben started pummeling buttons, shouting, “Eat it, goblin! Eat it like Zeus ate Metis!” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Don Guillermo looked like an oafish policeman, right down to his elephantine ears and the brass buttons on his cuffs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out, toyed with a button of his shirt; in slow, facile twists she began unbuttoning it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I button my blouse, gather up my herbs and my album, and run back to the university. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom is in her room unpacking and Natalie’s sitting on the kitchen floor, running her hands through her button box. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She removes her gold bracelets, her sheer stockings, her pink rayon dress with the faux-pearl buttons, and lies on her childhood bed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Belly buttons are the obvious choice, but there would have to be a cut, a tear. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shifting from one hip to the other in his lumbering, elephantine fashion, Ignatius sent waves of flesh rippling beneath the tweed and flannel, waves that broke upon buttons and seams. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has a luminous face and lights up if you press a button, so I could read it in the dark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The only sign o£ anything functioning is the flashing orange button. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He pressed a different button, and the elevator dropped lower, and soon it was hovering just above the entrance gates to the factory. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

His mother lived on the second floor and rented out the first floor to a button factory. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wash bowed and then ducked behind a tree, pulling off his shirt and buttoning himself into the new one. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Just to be clear: I have until January twenty-ninth to press the button?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Over my nightgown, I put on one of Daddy’s old button- down shirts and slip out the front door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I was in the process of buttoning my shoes when someone knocked on the door. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She jabbed the Enter button so hard, the computer shook. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But someone must push the button. And once the chains are cut...my brethren will fight to stop your passage. They will not want the Doors to disappear.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

An attractive bloodstone fob hung from the center chain, directing the gaze from silver button to silver button, then downward still. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Well, if punctuation is the stitching of language, language comes apart, obviously, and all the buttons fall off. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

His T-shirt has a hole, and when he shifts, I can see his belly button. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

With her eyes still closed against the summer-morning brightness in the room, she fumbled for the button on her clock and sank back into her pillow, and then it came back to her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The button looked like the wheel on the red truck. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He punched some buttons and a ticket magically emerged. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I had a perfect picture in my mind of little Carla snipping those buttons. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He pressed the intercom button that linked him to speakers all over the house. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

When I got home from the hospital, Mama was working again at a button factory she had worked in before. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I jamb my thumb into the button, but can’t push hard enough. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then he pressed a small button on the lapel of his jacket and muttered, “Copy that. No sign of the godly mounts.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There are no levers to pull or buttons to push. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She presses a side button and I see the screen light up as it turns on. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His tuxedo jacket was buttoned up over his undershirt and the cop saw the St. Anthony’s medal around his neck and called up the Catholic Hospital ambulance. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s his giggle button—and it almost always works. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

While he pressed a few buttons on the screen, I peered around the station. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, we have wasted quite enough time with frogs and foolishness,” Mrs. Grayson said, buttoning up her smiles. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I hung up and began to dial again but Special Ed pushed the dial-tone button and cut me off. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slipped it into my jacket pocket, then tugged on my coat like she was about to button it, but instead pulled me dose. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Raymie pressed the button and heard a bell ringing somewhere deep inside the building. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She hit the button to light up the screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I slid into the self-service elevator and pushed the button for my floor. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Grinning, she spit the button out, wiped it on her shirt, and dropped it into Genie’s hand. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Not looking too blooming in her new brown kid shoes with two buttons—the idea! Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She wore a red dress with big brass buttons down the front. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I lifted the remote control, pushed the Play button, and started the video. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

So Smith buttoned him into a bright yellow sweating hood and took him to the track at Santa Anita. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the button on a nearby empty tub and watched as the warm water flowed in through the many small openings on the sides. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You get the hell off this job before we cut your belly button out!” they said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buttoning the three buttons in front, she remembered suddenly how she had thought the dark blue dress Gitl had given her ugly, how she’d called it a rag. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth and blood gushed over his chin and onto the bright silver buttons of his uniform. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He stood up and undid the button of his jeans. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was made of finely checkered gray-and-blue wool, with a striped lining and horn buttons, and carried in its weave the faint smell of limes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And when the house has been dead quiet for a while, I push the button on my clock that makes the time illuminate: 2:17 A.M. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take a blunt button hook and pull his tonsils out by the by jingoed roots, just like I promised him. He doesn’t quit. He’s fired.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his coat on and buttoned it up jauntily. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a time when people kept their fly buttons fastened. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"It's called a tracheotomy," he says, holding his finger against the button, which stops the whistling noise. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It had two big brown buttons sewed on for eyes and six little white buttons sewed on for teeth. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Press one button and my ears light up like two golden trumpets. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Same day—Wednesday, May 8,1935 When my mother comes in, Natalie’s button box clattering against the sides of her purse, she sees me with the beer. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore the dark blue coat of an officer, with buttons and buckles that reflected the firelight. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had on his dressing gown of red watered silk that had come from Paris, a little tight over the chest now if it was buttoned. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now then,” cried Mr. Wonka, “which button shall we press first? Take your pick!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

She tied a knot between each button so they wouldn’t run together. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting on the floor with Natalie, holding a pile of buttons in each hand. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don Berto was in the middle of the living room, dressed in a clean white shirt buttoned all the way up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

If no member of the group presses the button, he’ll allow each of you to leave safely. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were unlabeled, but it wasn’t hard to guess that the top button would be for an entrance outside the Whispering Gallery, and the one below it—that would surely be the computer room. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thirty minutes later, when Dimple and Rishi had fallen on the floor in a big pile yet again, Ashish hit a button on his phone to pause the recording. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth was making Operation Beiderman buttons for the kids to wear for their brainstorming sessions. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The robes were further decorated with small silver buttons with silver wings. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would’ve taken the elevator to the street and pressed the button for the top floor. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I push the end button on the phone before she has a chance to think some more. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kathy knew this, but at that moment she couldn’t remember which wires went where, which buttons did what, how everything was connected. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

At 8:45 a.m., the Man in the White Shirt bit into his bagel and hit the button for the elevator. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I type in, “Today is Monday. It is cold,” then push a blue button on the machine. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The operator—sitting in a glass cabin at one end of the crusher—pressed a button and there was a great belch of black smoke. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

On benches under the portico, elderly women from the nursing home sat in pairs, in knee-length overcoats with oversized buttons, eating lozenges. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I get the button box from where my mom has hidden it inside the radio cabinet. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down at my belly button and the shimmering crystal of water pooled there. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He found the button, pressed it, but his fingers slipped. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I pressed the button and the shield spiraled out to full size. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He made up his mind that he would never use that button again. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I had typed a couple of things the night before, so all I had to do was push a button. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

There’s no time for fiddling around with the buttons, trying to figure out how to work it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The rest of her letters were buttoned into the inside pocket of his greatcoat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Tiered trays hold buttons, lace, ribbons, gems, jewels, and hundreds of other baubles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He wears a private’s uniform; it is missing a button. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Pretty,” she said to Edward as she lined up the buttons on the bed and arranged them into different patterns. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Dedd is not sure her buttons are all buttoned as they head down the driveway to where the young men now wait beside their car. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I type very carefully and push the button to make the machine speak. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon became a mouse to get closer to it, and rested his tiny paws on the edge, his button eyes bright black with curiosity as he watched the needle swing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mama stabbed a button on her phone and tossed it onto an end table. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It matches the one in our apartment: a white plastic square with what looks like a tiny little television screen set into it, and three buttons underneath, labeled VIEW, TALK, and DOOR. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Bryce wiped his nose and his eyes with the back of his hand; he picked up the button box and looked inside it. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

For all I know, it might not even matter whether I press the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She pressed the black button on the cloak, said, “Cambia,” and her cloak changed from red to black. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The little girl occupied herself by buttoning and unbuttoning a pinafore on the doll’s plastic body. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Not enough strength to press a single button on a stereo. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The Earthman touched a button and a square section of the wall flickered aside. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

That he seemed incapable of buttoning up his shirt, knotting his tie and tying his shoelaces before presenting himself for a job interview. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s where she puts her things now, the extra magazines to cut and the string and marbles and buttons and whatever else she finds on the street. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I pushed the button on the bed, so I could sit up. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“She was doing everything but taking down another button for you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For dinner she is buttoned into a starchy dress from some bygone decade. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Ishmael stood there buttoning his coat with the fingers of his one hand. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wonka was reaching for a button high up on the glass ceiling of the elevator. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The controls and dashboard were black-and-gray carbon fiber except for a cherry-red start button. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kaz finished with his buttons, pulled on a charcoal waistcoat, and tossed her something. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They had her wearing a royal blue dress I had never seen, with pearl buttons and a boat-neck collar, and her blue hat. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finish buttoning up the abaya and wait as Sausun does some complicated thing with the head scarf portion of the outfit. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

With shaking fingers, I press the buttons that will lead me to David. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It’s interesting, actually, sort of a military style with bold black buttons. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Without wiping off the mantelpiece at all, Uncle Camp had painted around a tin matchbox and right over a cockroach, a pencil stub, and a shirt button. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"I'm certain your father is well," Sansa told her when she had finally gotten the dress buttoned right. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She calmly placed the needle on a shelf, then walked to the door of the laboratory and pushed a button on the wall near it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He must have stitched on that button by himself—a button from an old Colonies uniform. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The rest of the night, he spends with his breadfruit head rocking on my belly button. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Arm stabbed a button to call up the Praise Singer’s official residence, a place he hadn’t lived for years. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The father leaned against the door, his right hand stuck between two buttons of his buttoned up uniform. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jammed his toes into the desert boots and leaped as well as he could into the tweed trousers, which he could hardly button at the waist. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Over here, Commander. You’ve come to push a button with my face, I presume.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Tore his jacket on a nail and pulled off a button. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was again buttoning up his coat, preparing to leave, but first he turned to Revere. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ties a scarf over Marie-Laure’s head, buttons her coat all the way to the collar, and opens the front door. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her black button eyes seemed as if they had been freshly polished. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He also had me remove my brand-new belly ring; I’d had my belly button pierced just two days before. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She jabbed at the elevator button, knowing she should feel embarrassed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I have enough control in my fist and thumbs to push the buttons so I can change the station, and I’m really glad of that! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He gets on, and presses the close button so the doors shut between us. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She still hadn’t undone a single button of her knitted jacket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy fiddles with the button on the oven clock, as if Grandma hasn’t said a word. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I push the button that slides the door open. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“See?” she said, smoothing the collar around Pearl’s neck, carefully buttoning a single button between her breasts for the minimum of modesty, the way all the senior girls were wearing them that year. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their jackets were blue with red cuffs and bright white buttons, their vests dark yellow. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He buttoned the collar of his jacket up around his throat when he was cold and drew his hands up inside the sleeves. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But the buttons on his shirtfront could barely contain everything he had taken: two loaves of bread, twenty-four frozen waffles, and a ten-pound bag of apples. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my excitement, I kept missing the button with my hook, but I eventually got it and rushed out of the apartment and downstairs. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I hold the keys in the air and press the panic button again. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Manny says, furiously pressing buttons on his vibrating controller as the sound of machine-gun fire fills the room in surround sound. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They ran into the hallway and pressed the button for the service elevator. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He deposited the shiny disc, pushed some buttons, and picked his selection, then turned to face me where I’d taken his spot on the stool. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Leo hit the buttons on the Archimedes sphere, muttered a prayer to his dad, Hephaestus, and the Celestial bronze console hummed to life. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to run away,” Yossarian announced in an exuberant, clear voice, already tearing open the buttons of his pajama tops. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She asked us to sit down and pressed a button on her desk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I nodded, raised the capsule over my head, then pressed the button on the side to activate it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He had the bill of sale from Ulibarri buttoned in his shirt pocket just in case. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boys’ trousers were shorts, rather than knickers, and buttoned down the sides, instead of down the front. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bloom fetched a sweater from the bedroom and came back to the kitchen, buttoning it up. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

August is oblivious, buttoning his waistcoat and chatting amiably when Uncle Al bursts through the flap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I tapped the Player One button again and began a second game, now focused on beating Halliday’s high score. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She’s glued down maybe four buttons while the rest of us have worked at full speed. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The sweater under his suit jacket would be buttoned all the way up, but I know his thoughts are not—they are loose. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she holds down a button and her face goes dark again. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Aunt Best croaked, ‘Look at those silver buttons on his coat. I’m sure he stole them.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were buttons for everything—to lower the blinds, to change the lights from normal to blue, to call for a butler! Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Without looking, I run my thumb across the top of the Walkman, feeling for the button that brings me into the story. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed in a perfectly tailored white collar shirt rolled up to his elbows and with two of the top buttons casually undone, a pair of lean, dark trousers, and deep scarlet oxford shoes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A guard marched Hickey out of the prison and across the yard to the gallows, his uniform dirty but buttoned. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five hairpins, an olive, two dominoes, and a sock...A nailfile, four buttons of various sizes, a telephone slug, seven marbles, and a tiny doll’s chair... Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s why you have me for your boyfriend,” I said, and I buttoned her up in a jiffy. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He unbuttoned the top button, then buttoned it again and checked himself out one more time. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Then I headed back to the woods, where I picked a few bachelor buttons that grew wild in the plots of sunshine before getting bored and tossing them away. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are runs in her nylons, buttons popped off her blouses. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He unbuttons the top button of his shirt. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Carmen sat on the edge of the lumpy mattress to button up her brand-new boots. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

She ran out of that rectory before the priest could return, and arrived at the clinic while Dofta Beldn was still struggling with the buttons of her dress. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The buttons fell one by one into the dust. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sweater is buttoned at the top and she has her gloves on. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He presses a few buttons and extends a hand to Alex, and, quietly, “Your Song” starts to play from the tiny speaker. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She undid the top buttons of her dress and splashed the cool liquid on her skin, sighing in relief as it trickled down her neck. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Mr. Neck opens his mouth to speak, David presses the Play and Record buttons at the same time, like a pianist hitting an opening chord. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I put it on and did up the buttons, starting at the top and working down. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to press the buttons,” Malia says as we head to the elevator. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He didn’t wear a button: first good sign. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I punched all the buttons and held it to my ear, praying for a tone. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He pushes a button on the steering wheel, and the music gets louder. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I just stood there, and didn’t push the button to open it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the morning was warm and humid his coat was buttoned at the throat, his face pale. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as Schmid depressed the button, a wave of nostalgia rolled over everyone watching. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the center of the plate there was a comically large red button embossed with a single word: OFF. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"Okay, so you guys, pick anything you want on the menu," Coach unbuttoned the top button of his shirt. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She presses the button, and the wall slides inside its pocket. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He presses a button on the side of the table. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Shivering knee-deep in damp leaves that couldn't do his leg muscles much good, he readied his thumb on the button of the stopwatch. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Foaly! There isn’t something! None of your bright ideas, thank you very much. Captain Short’s life is in danger, so push the button before I climb that tower and push it with your face!” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes after Johnny told him the news, Revere was in the saddle buttoning his fur-lined surtout to his ears. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beckendorf pressed a button, and a panel slid open on the side of his chariot. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to read expressions into those black button eyes, but Coraline thought that her other mother looked hungry, too. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if bootleggers would take buttons for payment along with nickels. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

One by one, they fluttered their wings and stayed still, as if they were buttoning up whoever stood in the shadows. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then he went into the jewelry store to buy a pearl necklace--or perhaps only a pair of cuff buttons--rid of my provincial squeamishness forever. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Omer was wearing a thick, white, long-sleeved T-shirt with three buttons at the throat, blue jeans, and purple high-topped tennis shoes. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pushes buttons with one hand and pulls on his hair, a short Afro, with the other. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He was unbuttoning the top button when there was a knock at his door. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A button of grayish ooze collected at the bottom of the test tube—a tiny pill of dead and dying cells. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My handstand would have lasted longer if Irene hadn’t poked at my belly button, hard. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The wheelchair was unlike any they’d ever seen: It had four evenly spaced wheels, like a cart, with button controls on the armrests and pedal controls beneath each foot. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Across the road, she could see Mrs Rance’s shop, where you bought buttons and wool and bits of elastic. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the job of an experiment subject to press a button whenever there was a two-second jump. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Wilson pressed a button below the traffic light. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She tried to press the button on her cloak and floated up, just a bit. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A light turns on behind the green button. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He toggled the joystick, stabbed at the keyboard, hit the red firing button. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Hearing the rough snap of each button, I bend and squirm but am trapped in the quilt like a fly in a web. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A boutonniere is a flower that a man wears in the button of his jacket. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Tracer jets of water smacked the button while he stood there drenched and monkey-faced and droopy. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

When I reached the foyer, I stabbed at the intercom button to stop the irritating blare before it woke up the whole house. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

A large button snap revealed that the loop could be opened and closed, and its purpose became obvious. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The code was supposed to— “Maybe you should just push that button,” Chuck said. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There was an AM radio with chrome buttons, and on the ledge over the back seat, a box of Kleenex and an ice scraper. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mom called back to me, “Will you get the garage-door button, please?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shirt buttons were cold against her cheek, but she could feel the fierce beating of his heart and the warmth of his skin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he passes it over my belly button going upward, I almost slap at his hand, then realize I need to keep my mouth shut and act the part. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I changed into my street clothes in the adjacent dressing room, but I had to stop because my fingers were trembling so violently that I couldn’t button my shirt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Its hair was black yarn, and its eyes were shoe buttons. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When he gets to our front walk, he hits the lock button on the car, and it sounds a little honk. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He taps his finger against the mouse button. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My mom winks at Piper, then slips the bag of buttons in her apron pocket. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All those in favor of buttons for water, raise your hands.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Every movement was a reminder that I was a joke, every pain a reminder that I was better off not pressing the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He presses a button on its handle, and the Cog glows purple. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Alec rushed his efforts even more, focusing on the central panel of the controls, holding his finger above a bright green button on the screen. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I DIDN’T want to alarm Blanca, so before I got home I buttoned up my denim jacket, which only had a bit of blood smudged on the sleeves. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I go over to the elevator and push the button. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"More than that," I say, undoing his first button, my heart pounding. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Fedora tilted to one side, suit neady buttoned, face in shadow, the Mahdi approaches her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At dawn, she rose and began cutting buttonholes and adding buttons. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I push another button, and a voice that sounds like an Englishman with a really bad head cold blurts out, “Welcome to Medi-Talker!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He touched each button carefully between thumb and forefinger, starting at her waist. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of circles, for all the buttons she stole. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She’d go from room to room, settling fights, drying tears, buttoning jackets. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The latter had on a neat gray coat with the traditional pregnant- woman bow at her navel, a black cloche, and a pair of four- button ladies’ galoshes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you he would push your buttons. That’s what Hype does.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

After a minute of nothing happening, I press the expel button. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Soldiers usually have black tassels and a single row of silver buttons on their jackets. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Christina slams her palm into an elevator button and slips inside before the doors are fully open, dragging me behind her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He felt someone tearing a button off his jacket. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rubbed the buttons on his jacket and deftly pocketed the tiny mechanisms he wanted. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Pressing the button will prevent the destruction of the planet?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Behind the three lovely ladies sat Cool Papa Byrd’s shipmates from the navy, their gold buttons gleaming against their dark-blue jackets. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Are you allowed to be left alone in a dressing room without me? You don't like, need me to button your pants or anything, do you?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A black shoe with a worn strap and a red button. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Several rows of buttons were set into the command console in front of me, all labeled in Japanese. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The small boy in buttons carried the package. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

By the time I made it to the Donnelly house, my bruised and bleeding feet were decorated with lollipop sticks, chewing gum, hairs, broken soda-can tabs, straws, buttons, and some things I couldn’t even identify. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth handed out the buttons she’d made, and her siblings attached them to their hoodies. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Resch asked as the elevator doors shut, closing the two of them inside; he punched the roof button and the elevator silently rose. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Johnny broad-shouldered, in jeans and a pink plaid button- down so old its edges are frayed; nails bitten, hair cropped. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He pressed the shutter button and took a dozen or so shots. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

At the press of a button, the two wings would close on the car with a joint pressure of five hundred tons. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Not a single button missing or even loose. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Wednesday pressed the top button on the gouged metal intercom box. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Mama’s flowers were poked into every corner and onto every surface—bachelor’s buttons, snapdragons, asters, Shasta daisies, and huge buckets of sunflowers. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Emma’s finger brushed a tiny button that looked like nothing more than a small defect in the wood. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"He'll be able to put fireworks together or sew buttons or whatever it is you want him to do." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Now the index fingers of both hands press the buttons, and—ka- lump—the press comes down. But one finger on a button will release it—ssssss—the steam lets loose. Sssst—the water squirts.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the ground in front of them was Sarah Ruth’s button box. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Beckendorf grinned as he pressed a button on his command console. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

If we can get a scab off a finger we put the finger under and watch the place where the blood oozes out, bright red, in a round button, like a berry. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The needle plunges into my belly button and sucks something out. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The four boys stared open-mouthed at the wound and the scrap of flesh, like a button mushroom, curling in the cherry blood that ran into the comers of the slate. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell it’s him because of the shirt and underpants, not because of the belly button. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a white shirt worn buttoned to the throat and gray, neatly pressed trousers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There are little buttons everywhere and I push a few and realize I can make everything look even closer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The noise sounds as though it has nothing to do with him until suddenly a shirt button pops off and clatters against the door. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He found the controls on the left side and studied them, picking out the correct button and pushing it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Catherine rolls me to my position, makes sure I can easily reach the buttons, then she gives me a quick hug and walks away. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

In the hall between our rooms, he presses a button, and a door slides open to a small open room, four toilets lined side by side like a row of desks in a classroom. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But most of them pressed the button eventually, even when the screams got louder. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They began pooling resources, and Max brought me four gold buttons, some earrings, and two coats to sell. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then he slapped the Two Player button and the joust began. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingers along the face of it, the knobs like eyes, the row of buttons—play, stop, rewind, pause, fast-forward, eject—like teeth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Out of the question,” Millard groaned, the top button of his pants popping open. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He kissed her and then, still looking into her eyes, unbuttoned two of the buttons on her blouse and kissed her again so that she was caught gently between Carl and the tree. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She presses the button and the music plays. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But I was so proud of my brother on the day he was sworn in, standing there in the ranks of the new officers, straightshouldered in his navy blue uniform with its glittering brass buttons. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The young woman ignores them both and jabs the elevator button. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was more like this: Every half-hour when the shows switched, my mother walked over to the television and tried the on-off button several times. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She had a button nose and a hard little set-back chin, a gripping jaw set on its course even though the angels of God argued against it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking this is a terrible presentation—because even on tiptoe I can’t see what’s on the panel — until he hits a button. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He buttoned his vest from the bottom up, instead of from the top down, because the bottom-to-top process took him only three seconds, while the top-to-bottom took seven. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts Natalie’s buttons down in two careful piles, gets up and brushes his uniform off. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck out his thumb and pressed the button. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, Krios still had his thumb jammed on the UP button. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The statue was wedged tight in the corridor, so Leo had to climb over the top and wriggle under her limbs, searching for levers and buttons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her coat buttons are strained and at least two other skirts peek out from beneath the one she’s wearing on top. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Right, I know. She won’t let you play with your buttons.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the button and stuffed it into his pocket. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He just hits the buttons on the phone. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She pulled her coat tight; the top button was missing. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He pressed the hold button on the weapons detector, so Tendai could take his Scout knife out with him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It started because she passed so close to some workmen that our fender flicked a button on one man's coat. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“We can use fabric scraps and buttons,” I continue, making sure I don’t meet Edna’s eye and lose my nerve. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I concentrated only on the buttons this time, carefully pressing each one in turn. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I hated how my nipples were sort of oval, and my belly button was deeper than Krubera Cave. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Bringing the book closer to the light, I spot a tiny, golden button. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I’ve gone a whole year without being abducted before, but January twenty-ninth is barely a month from now, so you’d think they’d want to give me plenty of opportunities to push the button.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I don't care if it can count words or rearrange paragraphs at the push of a button, I don't want a computer. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Because the buttons were so small and impossible for me to reach, I shredded the fabric by hand, bit by gauzy bit. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“So, you definitely don’t want me to press the button?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

If my life were a video game, I would have hit the reset button a long time ago. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I say louder, and start ripping at my own shirt, sending the buttons flying. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

With the press of a tiny button on its side, the glasses could also switch back and forth like polarized lenses between the virtual world and the real world. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We follow her into an elevator, where she pushes the button for the top floor. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His surcoat was new, dark grey wool with silver buttons, and a heavy silver pin fastened his fur-trimmed cloak at the shoulders. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He pushed the stop button, reached into the pocket of his jeans, and pulled out a pale orange tablet. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When, instead of raising my hands in defense, I kept clutching my coat closed, she realized it had no buttons. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lay with the buttons of his spine along the edge of the mattress, folded his hands behind his head. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the buttons were coming loose, and when she unbuttoned the first one, it hung down on a single thread. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He hesitated, then with a straight arm reached and undid her top button. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured out which button opened the sunroof, and I stood up with the top half of my body sticking out of the car. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

For a few moments nothing but white noise emanated from the micro speakers, then Artemis heard the sharp click of a mike button. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

By the time the Chief reached Mary Hudson, his overcoat was buttoned again and his hands were down at his sides. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He brought his hand out and with some awkwardness slipped another button into place. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The one in between the commands for “yell” and “cry”—the same one he always pushes—the power button. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But Archimedes got beyond this limitation by hitting the reset button. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Let us hear what Pierre Michel has to say about this button,” he said. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed all the buttons on Calista’s cardboard remote, but the channel never changed. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded gratitude and pulled it on, buttoning the front over his damp skin. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Two Step wore a dapper three-piece pinstripe suit, complete with shiny buttons and a bowler hat. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I press the power button and the screen lights up, and there he is, the sweaty weatherman. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Most of the officers posted to these gates have big, thick keys, but at one gate the guard pushes buttons instead, as they do in modern prisons. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lockton had freed the top buttons of his waistcoat, and two of the officers had loosened their lace neck cloths. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push another button for a sentence Mrs. V and I prepared ahead of time. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of excitement about these buttons. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights blinked out before he hit the last button, and that spooked him. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Someone must keep pressing the UP button for twelve minutes, or the journey will not finish.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“It will have to button round the middle—” “—where we join.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press the elevator button and try to guess which of the two elevators will arrive first. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’d rather be skateboarding, or spitting, or sticking gum on the floor 9 elevator button so that cranky Mr. Watkins had something to give him the stink eye for. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Leefolt sigh, hang up the phone like she just don’t know how her brain gone operate without Miss Hilly coming over to push the Think buttons. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I wait till the door clicks shut, then I place a finger over the Play button. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I keep trying to jab at the car seat button because it’s even harder when your hand won’t stay still. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Real happy, smiley type of guy, despite having on plaid booty-shorts hiked up to his belly button that cannot be comfortable. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“It has to be perfect,” Isa said with a soft sigh as she fiddled with the buttons on her coat. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I put my finger on the delete button and press hard, press murderously. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Mapper stood beside him in the stairwell doorway, wiping his glasses on his sleeve and arching an eyebrow; he was decked out in loose overalls and a way-too-big white button shirt. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

This old man wore a blue denim coat buttoned to the throat with brass buttons, as all men do who wear no shirts. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think that I will shut down. But I think you could simply press the button again to restart me.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hedge yelled, “Valdez, which button blows up monsters? Take the helm!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“That is a button, which is a knob on a piece of machinery that can be pressed to operate it.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, if the belly buttons are to grow like-lines to give the baby blood, and only girls have babies, how come boys have belly buttons?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the two of them were in full uniform—Metias with his jacket open and shirt hanging loose; Thomas neatly buttoned up, with his hair carefully slicked back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Mark was just about to try for the button again when they reached the trees. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And though I let her have her buttons or her rocks, or at the Officers’ Club her toothpicks, she seems easier and more present. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

What they wear is cashmere twin sets, camel’s-hair coats, good tweed skirts, pearl button earrings. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Elsie sets it down on the floor and presses a few buttons. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

If I could choose, I’d wear blue jeans with sparkly decals, a blouse with decorated buttons, and a vest! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She soon heard Garcia’s voice again and guessed it was his hands that were helping her to her feet, leading her toward a chair, straightening her clothes, and buttoning her blouse. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore his signature black work boots, black Wranglers, and baggy black dress shirt buttoned all the way up. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Others wear American-style buttoned shirts and shorts in drab, stained colors. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The office phone’s red like a nuclear hotline and it’s got buttons you push, not the dial you get on normal phones. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Brightbill watched as his mother’s head turned all the way around and a small button came into view. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hargis always remembered that picture and the softness of those brown eyes as Mike apparently thought he would be shot the second the shutter button clicked. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is her finger on the Stop button, hoping for the strength to press it? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He had to leave the top button of his trousers undone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She hit the video call button as she headed for the door, and it rang once before the call got rejected. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“You see this button? Well, it’s not one of my buttons. It’s not off anything I’ve got. I found it this morning when I got up.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looks like at some point the buttons were ordered by size or color, but now they’re all mixed up—every conceivable hue, shape, and ornamentation. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve come to think either he has a way with gravity or I’m seriously missing more than a few buttons. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how it could help, but I managed to punch the stopwatch button. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dad pressed the button to close the trunk and got back in. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The man pulled out a piece of paper, an application, from a buttoned shirt pocket and handed it to C.P., who retrieved a pencil from the office and filled out the form. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

So Laura put on her coat and Ma buttoned it up. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dress was dark blue with white buttons, soft cotton that gave off a medicinal smell. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As Rasheed watched with anticipation, the way people wait the simple tricks of street magicians, Zalmai pulled on the TV’s wire, pushed the buttons, pressed his palms to the blank screen. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She pressed the button and the lift came up and she got in. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The man pressed the button to call his mom and lifted the phone to his ear, winking at Moss as he did. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She had just knotted the last button when Jojo returned, triumphant, with the egg basket filled with feathers and pinecones. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Bobby showed up at CBS’s Television Studio 52, garbed in his characteristic corduroy pants and flannel shirt buttoned at the collar and displaying an attitude that was one part assurance and one part skepticism. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His clothes were expensive, but his enormous belly strained against the buttons of his shirt. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He opened all the doors and pressed a button to slide all the windows down. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

If either of the two giant white nations pushes the button, white civilization will die! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has watched my feet as I’ve looked for her buttons. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finnick presses the button on the remote that kills the power. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Holly Paine’s new sewing machine was gleaming white and covered with buttons. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Always iron the inside button and hole plackets first, then the inside and outside collar, then the cuffs.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Quietly, she has far and away the most buttons. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“And just for the record, Tab, I happen to like my belly button. It’s awesome. You idiot.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dr. Leale, with help from the other two physicians, buttons the president’s coat. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the intercom and pushed the Talk button. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She fiddles with the button on her sweater. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they heard a button ping against the floorboards, they had to suppress their grins and look away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He buttoned three buttons, starting at the top, and then he slipped his hand into his pants pocket and let it rest against Philip Milholland’s notes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Brightbill was thinking about the small button on the back of his mother’s head. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was tall and slender, bearded, wearing an open-collared shirt and a modest gray coat with missing buttons. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Here, Mom, let me—” “No, stop. I can do this,” she interrupted, pressing two more buttons while half sticking out her tongue. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He wore his blue army coat with the brass buttons, and he had bold, merry blue eyes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the brass buttons looks slightly flatter than those made in the Republic. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I bet Dad smooched right on the belly button, then rolled over and went to sleep. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I raise my hand to knock, but Sala points at a button. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I propose we enjoy our carriage ride in the country. It would hardly be proper to remove my coat, but if I can beg my lady’s indulgence, I will unfasten a button or two.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His vest, taut and stretched over his round stomach like a second skin, went slack over the depression of his belly button. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of an old patchwork bedspread was buttoned around her neck and trailed behind her like a cape. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A button off was more than sloppiness; it was a sin. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faith was fumbling with the button on my jeans when the phone rang. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As if someone's got a finger on the volume button, the voices in the background get louder. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My arms and hands are pretty stiff, but I can mash the buttons on the TV remote and move my wheelchair with the help of knobs that I can grab on the wheels. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Half her blouse is untucked, her fat stretching the buttons, and I can see she’s gained more weight. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I snap the button before she can disagree. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It takes me like thirty minutes, but finally a button appears just like I imagined it in my head. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

My earlier photos are pretty amateur-hour because of bad lighting, but there’s no edit button and that’s probably for the best. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Tell me why you didn’t press the button.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I make my way down the center aisle, buttoning my jacket against the cold, giving each button more attention than required. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I push the Talk button on the intercom and say, “Knock, knock.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I go home like I’m supposed to, but the second my mom leaves, I let Natalie get her buttons and I give her as much lemon cake as she wants. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice place,” she repeats, stacking one button on top of another. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let me tell you something else about Cade Hernandez: As the school's de facto commander in the Stop Trying to Make Us Stop revolution, he was an expert button pusher. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was lovely to see my grandmother's feet again in those old-fashioned black shoes with their straps and buttons. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

As he reached for the eject button, Powers realized that the plane's centrifugal force was pressing the lower half of his body into the cockpit. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A rock dug into my back while Marcus kissed my neck, his hands pulling at the button on my jeans. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She tore open her blouse so the pale yellow buttons went flying like popped corn. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped the bangle inside his pocket and fastened the button Mother had sewn on his shirt to keep his earnings safe. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

He clicked the unlock button on the car door. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She emptied it of coins, a few crumpled money bills, a giant key, some loose buttons, and a pink comb, lining her treasures on a table. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t remember growing too big for your shirt, but sure enough, there’s your belly button, sticking out for the whole wide world to see. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It’s a bit small; my belly button shows. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She tapped a button on the dashboard that put the call on the car’s speakers. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They wore identical uniforms with lots of pockets and buttons and belts. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She wore a yellow knit suit with matching buttons and short white cotton gloves. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was glad I didn’t have to chew each of those button-holes to get the buttons through them. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He undid the buttons of her dress until he could slide a hand inside the top of her slip. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wires are attached to the button on my foil’s tip and behind the silver clasp that protects my hand. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe you even get a few buttons from their torn, obliterated uniforms. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

The queen was dressed as modestly as any matron, in a dark brown gown that buttoned up to her throat and a hooded green mantle that covered her shaved head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Kaira wore denim shorts and a sleeveless top that stopped above her belly button. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Alex yells, waving him over, and Henry spares a second to look panicked before he’s tipping his chin up and buttoning his suit jacket and stepping out onto the stage. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The light that came from outside made ordinary objects seem important: a quill pen, a pitcher with milk, an earring, the brass buttons that were part of a straight-backed chair. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She let her finger linger over the red button, then drew away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Father buttoned up his coat against the chill. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few touches more; buttons; then quiet, quiet, listening to be sure they weren’t waking his sister. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had buttoned up the collar and tied the belt, apronlike, in back. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The question is, do you press the button for a sure $3,000, or refrain and hope that everybody else in the group does the same, so that you each get $10,000. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He presses a button, and it squeals to life with a hum. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, Mama says, “This is us,” pushes a button, and a few minutes later, we’re inside the museum. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

You kept your clothes until they were part of you, you checked the hemlines, the way the buttons were sewed on, you rubbed the cloth between your finger and thumb. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I finally take Dain’s advice and get some moss from the kitchens, wash the wound, and rewrap it with my makeshift button brace. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid she...there was a bit of a skirmish over a box of buttons and some unfortunate behavior. Your daughter is ten, you said, Mrs. Flanagan?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if I could push a button and make something happen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The buttons on the presses seemed too complicated for her to push—and what if she caught her hands or her head inside a press? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m fumbling with the buttons on my coat when Billy appears before me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The news guy in the green sport coat is still yelling, so I punch the mute button. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let her play with her buttons and feed her four pieces of lemon cake while she sits by the door. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strand by strand, Jojo and Stella walked around the tree, wrapping it with the popcorn, the buttons, and the garlands. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Right where his belly button should’ve been, his T-shirt ripped open and he grew something like a horn—no, not a horn—the glowing tip of a blade. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

No sooner was the rat in Kevin’s lap than it scampered up his chest and darted between two buttons into his shirt. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I fiddle with a plastic pearl button on my blouse. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver spent a dreadfully boring twenty-three minutes looking through Hyacinth’s button collection. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Despite the stifling heat of the room, he wears a long-sleeved shirt that buttons at the wrists—he must have been distracted when he dressed this morning. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to be turning a beetle into a button, but all he managed to do was give his beetle a lot of exercise as it scuttled over the desktop avoiding his wand. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He gets the claw going and surveys the case from all angles—crouches, tiptoes, shifts left, shifts right, adjusts the claw, rinse and repeat—and hits the button. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Squinting at the receiver, she clicks the off button. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The priest was sewing a button on his threadbare cassock when they arrived with the news of Ferula’s death. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coraline looked at the thin young woman with black button eyes and shook her head slowly. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Instead, it pulls out a long metal bar and sticks it into my belly button. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He rolls me behind my answer board and lets me practice with the four color-coded buttons. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

One minute she would be cute as a button, the next she would transform into a raging fiend. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Shay stabbed the tablet’s talk button and said, “Wait a second, I think she’s just coming back now. Hold please.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“She did not imagine it, Michael. The assassin of M. Ratchett passed that way—and dropped that button.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed out flyers, pamphlets—A Message from City Councilman John Kwang—buttons, ballpoint pens, keychains, lapel pins, every last piece of it stamped with his perfectly angled script, simply signed, John. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like Grandma was going to be able to ignore the plastic button that was slightly larger and slightly thinner than the original wheel. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Most people probably believe they would have pressed the button in my situation—nobody wants the world to end, right?—but the truth is that nothing is as simple as it seems. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I see my buttons popping off and flying in all directions on a daily basis. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The first button primed the javelin to explode on impact, releasing razor wire that would tangle and shred an opponent’s wheels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The third time, Johnny says, “You might as well bet. It’s just buttons.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He sets it in the Cog installer and presses the button. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She reached over and pressed the button on the machine the hospital had given her, which administered painkillers so strong she was never able to stay awake after she took them. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He feels Henry find the waistband of his pants, the button, the zipper, the elastic of his underwear, and then everything goes very hazy, very quickly. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

All day I slaved away, scrubbing down her porch, sorting buttons, picking dead flies from her screen door. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I shall say I didn’t know you, for you look so grown-up and unlike yourself, I’m quite afraid of you,” he said, fumbling at his glove button. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, as he pulled up the pants on his suit, he was surprised that he was able to button the waistband. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

"I bet my buttons that was your sister. Don't want her to steal all the glory, do we? Come on, everybody! Let's give a big round of applause to our newest tribute!" trills Effie Trinket. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The prayer does press the reset button on Nancy, at least for a few minutes. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Holly looked the troll straight in its merciless eyes and pressed the button. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It’s like somebody hit a pause button on my heart. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I reached up and slapped Black Betty’s radio button on, turning it up as loud as it would go. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His hands caressed the camera around his neck; his thumb hovered by the shutter button. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was about to press the emergency stop button when I heard hideous wailing from the back row. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I pull her shirt out from where it’s tucked into her pants and begin to loosen the buttons. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He wore a red silk waistcoat under a snuff-colored coat with silver buttons, a starched linen shirt, and black breeches. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angie helped me into each one, knotting the sashes, fastening the buttons, plumping the bows. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So I take my right thumb and push the on button. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He opened one eye to find an orange button staring back. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“How would you like me to cut your belly button out?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Both of the other conductors also declared that they had not lost a button. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The top button was missing so she covered her throat with her hand. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Elsie quickly mashes the button to shut the doors and they both drop down out of sight. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I’m frozen until someone presses a pretend button on the table near me that makes me “come to life.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Her right eye had peered through the viewfinder while her index finger had hovered next to the shutter release button. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“But that is only one problem. Once you are inside the Doors, someone must stay outside to push the button and defend it.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The cashier punches some buttons and says, “After the food stamps, you owe ten dollars and thirty-eight cents.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Jackson pressed a speaker button on the wall. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed the reject button to send it to voice mail when her eyes caught on a piece of paper that had fallen from her purse. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My prior experience with young men was to hear them swear “Christ almighty in the craphouse!” at any dress with too many buttons. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as Neel was buttoning the last button on his shirt, the golpata trees rustled behind them. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

What were they supposed to do after they had visited the flowers and the Church of the Nativity and the other holy spots lined up like pearly buttons across the stony ground? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It is buttoned to the top of her throat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I hit the red button, the letter A lights up on the screen in front of me to lock in the answer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Presses the unlock button to illuminate the screen. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He went through my dresses hanging from the pipe in the bedroom and picked out one with blue flowers that buttoned up the front. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Does this have an off button? It’s very distracting.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“You can take your buttons outside. But only if you wear your blue dress.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He punched a few buttons on the console, rotated the turntable, and repeatedly pressed the A button on his Wii controller really, really fast. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dressing rather shakily, Kit was compelled to ask Mercy’s assistance with the buttons down her back, and was shocked when her older cousin suddenly bent double in a violent fit of coughing. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Her veil and linen duster were on the floor beside the bee, which she had stomped to death, and Miss Love was buttoning her shirtwaist. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She exhaled slowly and buttoned her dress back up with shaky fingers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone who is looking at the cylinder now sees a Join button hovering in the center of their vision. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He held on as he frantically searched the device for the button. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I thank you humbly,” he whispered, as he slid a finger between the buttons of her blouse. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d stood on the outside, looking in, on my way home from school, It had a soda fountain and jars of lemon drops, licorice whips, and candy buttons. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then she put her coat back on and buttoned it up. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was a fat curious little boy of several months who began trying to pull the buttons off my blouse as soon as I picked him up. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As everyone gathers papers and scribbles their names hurriedly, I push the print button on my Medi-Talker. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She waves at the screen with 1 hand and uses her other hand to press a button on a laptop that sits on the podium. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His laughter had burst the button from his tieless shirt collar, and a white strip outlined his gaunt neck. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember a lesson from my psychology class about an experiment in which volunteers were asked to torture people who were in another room by pressing a button that supposedly delivered an electric shock. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Have no fear, my dear sir,” said Mr. Wonka calmly, and he pressed another button. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath, press a button, and send the file to Zohra over WhatsApp, with the message I hope you all like this. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

And every now and then I want to scream in frustration and kick a pillow until the stuffing comes out because it’s taken me twenty minutes to get my pants buttoned. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Keep your coat buttoned and nobody will notice,” he said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I put on one of my nice shirts, the kind with buttons, and go to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Spiders hatch and crawl out of my belly button, hairy little tar beads with ballerina feet. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Long ago in China, knot-makers tied string into buttons and frogs, and rope into bell pulls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no other physical reminders of Johnny, as he had been buried in all the clothes he owned with his studs and his fourteen-carat gold collar button. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers undid the buttons up her lavender dress, one at a time, from her knees to her sunburnt neck. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Hazel whirled around to see a slim, slight man in a long black coat with two rows of shiny buttons down the front. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The thing had two large black buttons where its eyes should have been. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He pulled his trousers up, buttoned them, and helped her back into her panties. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Branches reached for him, and he tried again, pressing the device against his body for leverage, then pushing the button hard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I felt foolish, but I pulled off a loose button and gave it to him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And there are no buttons, either, because it is happening in my head. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was buttons, sometimes it was dam- ing wool, sometimes it was shoelaces; at present it was razor blades. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the remote, pointed it at the screen, and hit the power button to click it off. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I press on the camera button and point it at Gavin. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I typed in the letter B, pushed the print button, and Catherine took my paper to the teacher’s desk. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Her cold fingers whispered across my chest as she buttoned my shirt. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He used to wear a military-style khaki suit replete with epaulets and gold buttons, and carried a baton like that made famous by Field Marshal Montgomery. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted out the button with a wooden stick and soaked the button in plastic resin to preserve it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liam punched a knuckle against the volume button, trying to turn it off. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I have lost no button, Monsieur,” he said. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I knew was this: when I pressed the button, Earth didn’t explode. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

One of the chairs was occupied by a woman frantically pressing buttons as the Berg shot forward, trees disappearing below them at an increasing rate. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It swing Biddy around and pop the buttons on that raggedy tan coat and it fly open. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then came something about her Spanish teacher, whose black button eyes stared from under her prickly gray eyebrows. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even Polly seemed impressed, for he called her a good girl, blessed her buttons, and begged her to “come and take a walk, dear”, in his most affable tone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half-way up a fissure in one of the steepest cliffs, with most of its buttons burst, the counterfeit Beast was arguing with its stomach. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Auntie slept too quietly, and on these mornings when he buttoned up his jacket and went out the door, he imagined she was watching him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The top button of my shirt is missing from where Charlie grabbed me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He’s near about big, like my sisters, but doesn’t wear a thing on God’s green earth but an old gray shirt without any buttons and baggy gray underpants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dylan takes a seat at Quinton's computer and mashes the power button. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The button of my jeans was still undone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As soon as he clicked the buy button, Mr. Trulz rang again. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had to hold one hand with the other to steady his finger enough to hit the Enter button. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed a button to disconnect the line, and then turned to face Violet. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She tucks the bills in between the buttons of her jacket. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She traced the dips of the mattress with her fingertip, circling the buttons in each dimple. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I tapped the Player One button, and the first maze appeared on the screen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t help moving back, just enough to get his forehead off the stupid button. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

We keep our hands above our heads, even as the tunnels get dark, until I feel a large button graze my fingertips. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Moss scrolled down to Javier’s name and stared at it for a few seconds, then hit the message button and began to type. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Their blouses had buttons missing and were fastened with safety pins. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We are scrubbed and in our donated clothes, the girls in dresses with white pinafores and thick stockings, the boys in knickers that button below the knee, white dress shirts, neckties, thick wool suit coats. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She slid the jeans up her legs and, when they were over her hips, I raised the zipper and snapped the button for her. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The gosling was afraid to press the button, and he was afraid not to press the button. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

One hit of the delete button and a quick rewrite and presto! The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I gave my old and dirty laces one last retie, buttoned my tablecloth shirt up to the top, and started walking. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while it goes dark because there’s an automatic timer that shuts it off, and Safer has to push the button to make the picture come back. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then he plays with his finger against the button, making his throat whistle a tune, which he says is the theme from Star Trek, although you can hardly recognize it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now she stood in the center of the room, between Coraline and the mantelpiece, and looked down at Coraline with black button eyes. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

As if he read my mind, Coach presses the button to lower the windows, then turns the engine off. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Miss Carol presses down the hold button and smiles. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The crinkly paper holds a bright blue shalwar kameez with a tiny purple paisley pattern and gold buttons. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She pressed buttons on an old wooden cash register. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

It was tightly rolled and sealed with a button of hard pink wax. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Accordingly, she bought a half pint of good whiskey, concealed it between her full breasts and laced her corset cover and buttoned her dress over it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gagged from the smell but bent forward to inspect the place above his belly button where they’d surgically installed the tube. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

"Press the big button with a one on it. You'll find all the doctors you want, pal." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Who is it?” he called, moving on to the next button. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Cooke dropped the Chicago Daily Tribune and pulled a long knife from his pocket; his thumb pressed a button and a gleaming steel blade leaped out. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They buttoned all the buttons, zipped the zippers. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her little dæmon was helping with the buttons. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She and Sosie pushed buttons in random sequences, hoping for a detonation- stopping bingo. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, Mom. We...I...tipped over her buttons.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Grandfather were here, he’d be busting his buttons by now. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if someone had hit the pause button on a video. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Safer, do you really think that anyone who isn’t us is standing around in front of their intercoms pressing the Talk button?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Before we get too crazy, ’cause I see the buttons are out, I gotta thank this young man over here.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Imperial attendants approach, and their gold uniform buttons catch the lantern light. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Or some dumb jingo in his hard hat and Bomb Hanoi button, or one of LBJ’s pretty daughters, or Westmoreland’s whole handsome family—nephews and nieces and baby grandson. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, experimentally, he began to press the other buttons, for other tenants, with no response. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I shake the buttons down by her ear and try to pull the dress over her head. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hit the reply button and started to type. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Each wears a standard uniform: black boots, black shirt with a single row of silver buttons, dark gray trousers, bulletproof vest, and a single silver armband. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Then I untie the black collared shirt from around my waist and put it on, buttoning it up all the way to my neck and clipping my suspenders over it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Lovers pulled up each other’s underwear, buttoned each other’s shirts, and dressed and dressed and dressed. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Small threads dangled from the hem and the buttons. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even if he let Bob make this sacrifice, how could one Titan defend himself against so many for twelve minutes, all while keeping his finger on a button? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The salesladies and Mrs. Walton decide I should wear the green, pink, and blue striped silk blouse with pearl buttons and matching blue silk skirt for the interview portion of the pageant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A donkey pinata with button eyes hung from the ceiling. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a blur of activity—pushing buttons, flipping switches and adjusting levers. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Only when I get closer do I see he's got this weird little plastic button stuck in his neck. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I like about you, Perry, you know all the good stuff. And buttons on the shoulders are definitely the good stuff.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His cousin s wife, Ojiugo, had once said, “English people will live next to you for years but they will never greet you. It is as if they have buttoned themselves up.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She then sewed the buttons on the coat of her 14-year-old son, John. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I click the green button by the lens. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted his approval, the old glow of satisfaction that came to his face when I learned to tie my own shoelaces and button my sweater. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were two girls showing each other their tattoos and belly button rings. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The third button brought up a grappling hook that could be used to lock onto an enemy’s chariot or push it away. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“This girl ain’t got no buttons on her coat!” she shouted. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I went over and pushed the stop button, breathing a sigh of relief. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl looked long and hard into the doll’s brown eyes then smiled like she saw something there ’sides a couple of buttons and some thread. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She’s always touching your hair or fiddling with your buttons when she asks you something. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The airport police wore khaki shirts with extra metal buttons and, believe you me, guns. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The holographic Earth and the button were missing as well. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She pushes the button to collate the syllabus but forgets to push the button for staples. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It fastened around the neck with a collar button and the vest held it in place. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach up to the buttons on her outfit. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A tiny button lingers in the corner of my vision, something I can tap to reconnect us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She walks over and nods at an On button hovering near the surface of the desk, but doesn’t try to touch it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I scan back and forth, pressing buttons to get closer and farther away, but I keep coming back to those rustling trees. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I saw a device with a button for each apartment, so I pressed the button for A. Black’s apartment, which was 9E. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were suddenly having difficulty getting the buttons of his shirt through the buttonholes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She has never looked more out of place, with her gray slacks and gray jacket buttoned at the throat, her hair in its simple twist and her face placid. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I reach the elevator and press the button. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“More like the sky. On a sunny day. With two rows of silver buttons. I lent her other clothes while she was here, but when she disappeared, her original things were the only clothes missing.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

So rare is it to encounter a young man willing to put aside his ego when in need of help, your spirits actually lift a bit as you push the button to comply. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Bryce went out to work and Sarah Ruth spent the day in bed, holding Edward in her lap and playing with a box filled with buttons. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He says to start off with something small and not alive, so we begin with making an extra button on his shirt. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I feel tiny button noses against my back. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The inside of her button flap was warm when he slid his hand in, her flannel pajamas warmer. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited until she went back in to press the button. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Saunders stares down at him till he turns his head away and starts playing with the buttons on his shirt like some two-year-old. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I scramble for the stereo, hitting several buttons all at once. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

His wife, about the same age as he, was dressed in a simple brown cotton dress and a grey wool sweater worn at the elbows and buttoned in the front. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His brown hair is tousled, his shirt buttons in the wrong buttonholes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The moment I pushed the panic button in the rover, there was an ear-popping whoosh as the pop-tent fired out, attached to the rover airlock. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bodega pressed a button and the tinted window slid robotically down to frame the five newly renovated tenements. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Grin went over to the wall and pressed a button. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

At first I thought the smoke had materialized out of thin air as a sort of judgment, but then I remembered it was Doreen's smoke and pushed the button that opened the window vent. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I fumble with the phone, pressing the end button. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“This button. I cannot understand it. Does it mean that, after all, Pierre Michel is involved in some way?” he said. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a soundboard that has hundreds of buttons, gigantic speakers in the walls, a large window that reveals a recording booth on the other side. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She scraped open the gate against the cement walk, and I quickly buttoned my blouse. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I tuck it into my hidden pocket and then button the thing shut for safekeeping. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Putting them in new soil can be like hitting a reset button.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He pressed the button to display the first photograph that Mullet Fingers had taken. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you know this,” said Billy, “isn’t there some way you can prevent it? Can’t you keep the pilot from pressing the button?” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were screaming at me to press the button, but none of them could offer a convincing reason why I should. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I want us to try and hit the reset button. Get a do-over. You’re both really important to us, and you’re obviously not here just for fun. You want to make this right too.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The buttons were metal and worn smooth by thousands of fingers. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She tapped the Mute button on the phone. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Herbie punched open his traps, wet his buttons, spread his powder, and snuggled down comfortably into his rancid sleeping bag, secure in the knowledge that tomorrow morning his ants would be extinct. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe my finger, so numb inside its glove, hadn’t pressed the button all the way down. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Tens of thousands of schoolchildren would be sitting in their classes, gathered around their new Stormbreakers, waiting for the moment—at midday exactly—when the prime minister would press the button and bring them on-line. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She presses the button for the third floor, again and again and again, shaking her head. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When Bridge got home after Tech Crew, there was a flyer taped above the elevator button in the lobby. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was shaking even before his fingers worked her shirt buttons, tugged at the drawstring of her trousers. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m getting my hat on. See if his shirt is buttoned, and tie his shoelaces.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed the button for B. One person on the Perry Valley team got it wrong, and Claire messed up as well. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When he shifted to dip his pen in the inkwell, the sunlight caught the gold buttons on his uniform jacket and made them glint like blades. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But Dad needed the job, so he buttoned his lip and kept his opinions to himself. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Benji shook his head and jabbed the up button for the elevator. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The machine has various dials and buttons on it, and a small digital screen. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was undoing the top button of my collar. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I pressed a button on Leopardon’s control panel, and my giant robot drew its gleaming sword. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His legs were sprawled wide in helpless relaxation and one of the buttons was missing from his grease-caked pants opening. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay! Settle down! ” the man with the shiny buttons said. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

With the push of a button, the bed started to reposition, which meant my body started to reposition, which meant...ooooouch! All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Quang-ha hits a button on the remote and increases the volume. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He pushed a button on a small control pad on the side. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It buttoned with gold-colored buttons, and every button had a little castle and a tree carved on it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled a curtain off the rod and sent her button box flying down the aisle. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Georgia jumps out of the car just as Darius shuts off the engine by pushing a button. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He stays in the air-conditioned cabin, steering, pressing the button for the mechanical arm, and listening to Motown. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“Can you button up my dress?” she asked. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She opened the box and looked down on a small, dark green jade button, and carved on its surface was a human right hand, a lovely hand, the fingers curved and in repose. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth fiddles with the buttons and dials on the top as I chew my nails. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He came up to me, huffing, button going in and out. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

To my right, a judge cloaked in scarlet robes and gold buttons waits behind a podium. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The christening gown rose up and swirled around my hips, the warm water hitting me at my belly button. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Mary buttoned Laura up the back, and then Ma buttoned Mary. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the surface, it seems like there are a million reasons to press the button—great movies, books, sex, pizza with everything, bacon, kissing—but those things mean nothing. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The moustaches were stuck on round the buttons. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dill pulled on the shirt, buttoned it up, and studied himself in the mirror. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I tap on his contact info and almost press the green call button on my phone, but decide not to at the last second. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Lane Coutell, in a Burberry raincoat that apparently had a wool liner buttoned into it, was one of the six or seven boys out on the open platform. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

A white-haired matron carries a fluffy white dog with black button eyes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing big headphones and a look of concentration as he presses buttons on the computer that send music blasting out into the room. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Against her better judgment, Desdemona had pressed a button on the wall. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He winks, gives all of the buttons a quick punch to make sure they all light up, then tells me he’ll see me later. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“We’re getting you a new outfit,” Heidi says, hitting the lobby button and pulling me into the elevator car, the locals staring. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The boy mashes a few buttons and soft music starts playing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Max holds a red button and I see the phone power down. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Herbert buttoned the brown shirt of his Hitler Youth uniform and slipped the swastika armband above his elbow. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Your reservations at the Club are at 1900 on the button.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lynn jabs her finger into the button for the first floor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She presses the final button on the arcana meter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I need someone who will not make a mistake and tear their own arm off because they pushed the wrong button,” he rumbled. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She is standing at the entrance to the living room, buttoning down a multicolored, flowered houserobe. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The leader of the group is a young, dark-haired man dressed all in black, except for two rows of silver buttons that line his officer jacket. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

They raised their blocky hands, ready to restrain their target, ready to shut her down with the press of a button. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was not quite as rotund as the Slughorn Harry knew, though the golden buttons on his richly embroidered waistcoat were taking a fair amount of strain. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Adam has a portable video game console in his lap, his small fingers clicking the buttons impossibly fast. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She took every single spare button from the basket’s bottom. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I drag my desk chair to my door, and then down the hall to the elevator, where I push the button for the top floor. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They’d crunch all the buttons of his eyes for the nutrients. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I helped her with the buttons, then sifted through her many layers of clothing. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Their buttons glinted like morning stars on their uniforms. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He reaches over and presses a button on his metal armband. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She remembered a bald gentleman dressed in linen and with his collar closed by a gold button, who had nothing to do with the king of hearts. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I opened up the Kids Bake Challenge! website and was about to click on the Full Episodes button when a banner on the side of the page caught my attention. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was very tall, and always wore an elegant blue uniform with silver buttons and a bright white sash across his chest. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t that so nice to hear,” Mr. Jones said as he took out a handkerchief and polished the three buttons attached to his parka. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The lines of the reclining seats, the dashboard knobs—I could even read the tiny printed brand name on the buttons of Liam’s shirt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“And then one of you will push the button that opens the door, even though the button is on Mr. Curtain’s wheelchair. How are you going to manage that?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We buttoned our sweaters and pulled up our socks. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I push the elevator button again, and the door slides open in front of us. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Henry sees his thumb hovering over the play button and nudges his ribs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Uriah said that he would come here early to turn on the generator, and sure enough, when I touch my finger to the elevator button, it glows through my fingernail. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The room was not air-conditioned, and as Colin pressed the record button of the digital mini-recorder and placed it on Starnes's coffee table, he felt the first bead of sweat form on his neck. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Ema hit the Play button, and a man came into view. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

My lips curled into a dumb sort of smile, and I barely even registered the clatter of a receiver leaving its cradle or the rattle of buttons tapping out a number. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She pushes a button that eases the bed up so I’m in an almost-sitting position and I don’t have to do a thing. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Behind him, behind the glass window of the lobby, Madeline buttoned the fur collar of her coat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I shove one hand into my jeans and hold the phone with the other, pressing the volume up button each time the screen goes blank. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I reach down to my belly button and make sure there’s no wound, even though I know that there’s no wound. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her own mother had had no interest in collecting anything of any sort—not shells or buttons or shiny stones. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He pulls on his coat, buttoning it up to cover the Gestapo uniform. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t try any funny business. If I see you touch that panic button, you can kiss your tonsils good-bye!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her little yellow dress that buttoned all the way down lay on the floor as she slipped a skirt over her head and shoulders, down to her waist. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except, when I was with Diego, the button was the last thing on my mind. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Lolo comes out of the house, buttoning his shirt. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Then he adjusts the light in the room to mimic twilight and presses a button just inside the fabric on my wrist. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My hands fumble along the collar of my shirt and find the button that secures it shut. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Dr. Z!” said Mr. Lemoncello, bopping the button to make the audience cheer again. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

When it got close to the time that Marcus would call, I went into Grandma’s living room, grabbed the phone, and practiced pressing the 1 button. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Stepping onto the cairn mound, I told everyone to button up their coats. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I press the button and the claw reaches down, expands, hits the case, and is thrown off completely. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

We lowered the hem, but I still couldn’t button it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

An arrow on the sign pointed to a button. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

His trousers sported multiple patches of various colors and materials, and his purple velveteen jacket had buttons made from—were those spools of thread? Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t get enough control to push the button. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then she turned the channel and tried the on-off button again. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She falls into a cream love seat tufted with multicolored cloth buttons and stares into the fireplace. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Leo hit another button on his death ray. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Humble, put back six buttons. Ebony, put back ten. Johnny, what’s going on, buddy? You have like two hundred buttons too many!” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

You were supposed to put them on your forehead or at the corners of your eyes, but Adria and I always stuck them on our belly buttons. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Onto the shirt, she had sewn four carefully hoarded brass buttons, gleaming, each marked with the French flower that the voyageurs called fleur-de-lis. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He finished his root beer and pushed the intercom button. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so while Mig held the knife pointed in the direction of the princess, the Pea sat and let the rat crawl over her back, doing her buttons up for her, one by one. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her volume button got stuck on high, and the whole block could hear her yelling about how he had to pay more attention. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His eyes were shining with excitement as he stared at the rows and rows of buttons. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

But a week later, three buttons undone, she was listening. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach for my toothbrush, but I can’t make myself disturb her perfect button world. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His bow tie trails from either side of his collar and the first few buttons of his shirt are undone. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then they tossed me onto the floor and forced me to try to crawl to the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Tommie had trouble concentrating long enough to sew a button on straight. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The deck officer flashed a thumbs-up to the pilot, then arced his arm in the air, signaling the catapult crewman to hit his button. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Who cares about the button, Mom? Diego’s in jail because of me!” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I preferred movies with dancing in them, singing, ceremonial masks, carved artifacts for making music: feathers, brass buttons, conch shells, drums. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They will find whatever button will make you dance, and dance you will, no matter how hideous the tune.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Ah, I’m not sure what that is. But this—“he stabbed the console of buttons—“now this is solar radiation.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

In one leap he jumped onto the alarm clock, landing right on the button that set off the alarm. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I buttoned up my play dress, I left my good one in the laundry basket. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Rather than pushing the UP button, Clytius stepped back from the controls, keeping their friends trapped inside. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Scipio buttoned his jacket right up to his neck. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The wheelchair!” cried Reynie, dashing to Mr. Curtain’s chair to study its buttons. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed a button on the dashboard, which had a big D for Drive on it, and tentatively pressed down on the gas and we inched forward. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed a bunch of loose wires poking out from the edges of the button plate. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She blinks twice and finishes buttoning her coat. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

It was a small metal cylinder, silver and black in color, with a red activation button on its side. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He had buttons for eyes, and his smile was drawn on with a red permanent marker. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She looks me over a little lasciviously when she says this, which sets off a fireworks show worthy of Times Square on New Year’s Eve below my belly button. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The result was slightly uneven, although once I buttoned the blouse, it was presentable. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Halliday slid the bookshelf back into place, concealing the button once again. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She wants to touch the glowing lights and shiny buttons, but Mrs. Shannon steps in and distracts her with a new computer game she’s loaded on the classroom machine. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He had dim eyes and two buttons missing on his frayed maroon coat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed some buttons and put the phone to her ear with a smile and a nod of her head. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to show him the treasures in her treasure box—the folded velvets and broken watches and golden buttons. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had a face of white cloth with black button eyes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Admitting that to Diego, telling him about the button and the end of the world, made the burden slightly more manageable. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Benny silently played the notes of the song on the buttons of his trumpet. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Then I finished buttoning my coat and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Ahead, the orb light glinted off the buttons of the police uniforms. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Yes, yes, I quickly said, pressing down the play and record buttons. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when we opened the box, one of the arms had come off, and all the doll did, no matter which button you pushed, was squeak. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I don’t know the number of times I’d have to climb that tree and get my mother’s scissors, buttons, needles, and thimble from his den. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was slim, with black hair that she wore in a bun, jeans, and a denim jacket with peace insignias, “Stop the War” buttons, and red, black, and green liberation patches sewn on. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do the babies wear a Mao button like a drop of blood on their jumpsuits? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper pushed Bo behind him and quickly pressed the golden button. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But once an entry is in, all I have to do is push one button and the whole sentence will be spoken for me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

There were only a few buttons inside the elevator. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I walk over and begin to unfasten the row of tiny buttons along the back, slipping it over her head once it’s loose enough. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He hit a button on the dashboard, and a sign popped up along the top of the windshield. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He sits beside me and loosens the bottom two buttons of my shirt, then pushes it up until he exposes my bandaged waist. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She wore a button that said the same thing. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

It’s like my chair is over a trapdoor and there is a button to drop myself. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He smiles and presses a button on the inside of the sleeve, and “O Christmas Tree” plays from a speaker near his armpit. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I see the tilt of a vial, the quick press of a button on an aerosol can. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Pouring out a little hole just to the right of her belly button. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She pulls out her phone and presses some buttons with her thumb, and we both look up, watching clouds—or, in my case, planes. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

With a shivery thrill, I press a button, and the TV comes to life. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore glasses that were so thick it was a wonder they could stay up on her tiny button nose. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It’s sleeveless and purple lace with these tiny buttons at the back and falls to midthigh. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Kabuo turned to take in the snowfall, and she noticed the thick sinews in the left side of his neck above where his shirt was buttoned. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yarn and needles and buttons and the toady-frog and the half knit sweater flewed all over the stoop like your guts do after you been hoop snake bit! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I opened up my hand and offered her the button again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed the button and everything went perfectly silent. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When the song ended, my mom pressed the stop button, let her arms fall to her sides, and looked at me as if I was supposed to say something. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I wrapped the scarf around my head and buttoned my coat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was tightly rolled and sealed, with a button of hard pink wax. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

From Gram he gets this wooly sweater that buttons up the front and he acts surprised, even though he's got about a hundred just like it already. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her white shirt is buttoned all the way up, and there's a black briefcase in her left hand. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her blond hair is pulled back into a tight bun, and the button clipped to her yellow tie reads “Rae.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I pass the days as productively as I can: trying to stay clean, sharpen my aim, and keep my lip buttoned from Vespers till breakfast. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had her mother’s firm chin and button nose and her father’s fine eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gerry had a good job as a color matcher in a button factory, mixing dyes to any color a retailer wanted to make his dresses distinctive. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was something hungry in the old man’s button eyes that made Coraline feel uncomfortable. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

His shoulders rounded over his controller, slamming buttons, his forearms taut, veins visible. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

This is what the school counselor told me to do when I feel mental, or as Grandma used to say: minus some buttons. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They wore only shorts, and each one’s belly button was the size of a small balloon. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“She says we need to do a clean sweep. Throw away Nat’s button box. They’ll be no more counting for her. No more obsessions.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes are the large blue buttons on Mackenzie’s yellow fleece coat. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He clicked a button and it expanded into a miniature bronze TV On the screen was news footage of Mount St. Helens, a huge plume of fire and ash trading into the sky. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

One thing stood out, though: a button with a strip of tape across it marked dnt. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

To those who are genuinely concerned, I push a button to say, “I have spastic bilateral quadriplegia, also known as cerebral palsy. It limits my body, but not my mind.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

So no one paid much attention to the little girl with tumbling brown hair and button shoes, or the fact that her shoes did not quite touch the floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Thomas hit the “more info” button on our handheld digital tour guide and read aloud. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“You looked under my dress when I was buttoning my shoes!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My hands are shaking so hard I can hardly press the unlock button. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

As I fasten the iridescent black buttons, I catch notice of the number tattooed on my arm—A28865—from the day I lost my name in a distant world. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Now his coat was properly buttoned and his breeches tucked into his boots. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were looking at her with their black button eyes. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Before getting out of my car, I decided to put on my well-worn suit jacket, even though I had noticed earlier that it was missing buttons on both jacket sleeves. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

His buttons were carved jade monkeys, and atop his wispy white curls perched a jaunty green cap decorated with a fan of peacock feathers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

So he buttoned them up right where he was standing talking to me--he didn't even bother to go behind a post or anything. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

No need to turn on the mood organ, Iran realized as she pressed the button which made the windows of the bedroom opaque. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Noodles and I got up to see what the fuss was, but before we could get to the window, Ms. Janice came dashing from the back, tugging at her shirt and buttoning her skintight pants. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The sluggers have fallen in love with Kerouac and Keats and Woolf and Shakespeare, and hope I’ll press the button to preserve our literature for other alien races to explore. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Starry squeals over a secondhand television, I get a fresh notebook, and Ma looks pleased with a new sewing machine and reams of different kinds of cloth, buttons, zippers, and other supplies. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s getting pretty well acquainted with my belly button. What’d you, tuck it in your waistband or something?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

My finger hovered in front of the start button. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then I run back to the end of the hallway and around the corner and crouch, my back to the doors, as I press the detonation button and shield my ears with my palms. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He pressed the stop button on his boom box. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Butterfly-collar shirt only halfway buttoned, and peeking out from beneath it was a small drawstring pouch hanging from a cord around his neck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I had cleaned his office, too, and knew there was an alarm button under his desk he could press for emergency help. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

If a black guy chooses to button up his blackness to live among white people and play lots of golf, white people will say, “Fine. I like Brian. He’s safe.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I set the small device up on a shelf that was about eye level and began to fuss with its buttons, searching for the ON switch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

There was no delay on the timer at alL If he managed to press the detonator button, the ship would blow at once. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Rick, with his toe, pressed the emergency button on the floor of his car. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I search the control panel for a button that will get us moving again, but Mabel says, "It's right here. We can press it whenever we want to." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He has a big old round belly with his belly button sticking out like a black marble. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the next button illuminates my mouth and things begin to improve. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, Johnny, look, look at that funny little man. See, he’s got tiny little buttons on his coat. Oh, I never thought to own a book with pictures.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You got it,” he says, and starts hitting the buttons. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He rips the envelope from her coat, leaving the pin clinging steadfastly to its button. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I hit the “1” button, and down to the first floor I went. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

From the button downwards, the lines of the coat separated and curved away behind the legs of the wearer and came together again at the backs of the knees, forming a pair of ‘tails’. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Herr Siedler buttons his cuffs and examines himself in a smoky mirror. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He makes sure the ringer switch on the side is set to silent before hitting the power button. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Why is he wearing a lumberjack flannel shirt with pearly snap buttons tucked severely into high-waisted dress pants today? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I push some more buttons till I’m as close as I can get. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Kote fingered the buttons of his shirt for a moment, then decided against removing it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A Buy Now button hovers right over it, waiting to be tapped. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I push the button, and the lid pops open. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

After the People Will Talk show, I grab the Space Command and punch the Off button. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There are bags with corsets, garters, women’s high button shoes and different laxatives that promise glowing cheeks, bright eyes and a curl in your hair. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In the morning, I stepped into Mrs.’s royal blue coat, now mine, and buttoned its big, round buttons. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

With the gray suit, she wore a cherry-colored tarn pulled over one eye and vici-kid high buttoned shoes with spool heels. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I turn the volume up real loud and I push a button: “Hi, everybody. I have a new computer.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Briefly, he thought, a question lingered in her fuzzy eyes, but then she turned and punched the button for him and returned to her friends in the Firebird. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the coat off and slung it over my knee, rolled my shirt cuffs up my arm, loosened my tie, and freed my neck from the top button. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sunny checked her phone for the time, walked across the hall and pressed the elevator down button. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Roz reached for the button on her head, but her hand automatically stopped before she could touch it. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dimple, looking uncomfortable, pressed the down button, even though it was already lit. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It’s dropping to the floor with a *fwoomp* and his buttons are cold against my chest and stomach. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to press the button?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There were more levers, buttons, and gauges than the mission control center at NASA. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

After resting her cigarette holder on the dashboard, she pulled out the choke, waited the requisite five seconds, and pressed the ignition button. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Charles watched him tilt back the head on a bust and press a red button in the middle of what would have been the man’s neck. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I was even more amazed I managed to talk back to him while I scrubbed my belly button and my stomach jiggled like some sort of gelatinous non-humanoid life-form. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He pushed the power button and was met with a screen full of white and black squiggly lines. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He scooped up Hester and tucked her securely into his breast, buttoning the canvas coat up close to keep her in. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a button for the door by her foot. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t turn it off till it was up past my belly button. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushes a button on her desk phone. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Omar Faisal was chubby, dark, had dimpled cheeks, black button eyes, and an affable, gap-toothed smile. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could answer, Daisy came out of the house and two rows of brass buttons on her dress gleamed in the sunlight. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Every two minutes, the screen turns itself off and I push the button to make the picture come back. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Built-in speakers, too, plus buttons I could push for rhythms like jazz beats and military and drums. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“If you really want a show, I could press this button.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain pressed a button on his chair, and the office door slid open. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The door to the cockpit was open, and there were two men in uniform inside, with hundreds of buttons and wires behind them. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think it’s kind of mean, taking her buttons away?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a machine in the kitchen which could extract the juice of two hundred oranges in half an hour, if a little button was pressed two hundred times by a butler's thumb. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Soldiers, wearing crisp uniforms with shiny buttons and carefully polished shoes, were lined up in neat rows, saluting him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He knows which kids are private and buttoned up and which ones, like Courtney, have lives that are an open book. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She wished she could ride every sleek elevator up and down, punching buttons, seeing who got on and off. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Another group of girls wore heavy makeup, hitched their skirts above their knees, opened one extra button on their blouses, and teased their hair into enormous bouffants held solid with spray. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I got a button bonus,” Johnny says, and just then Bobby comes into the activity room. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The first time he’d seen the gorgon, posing as a Bargain Mart greeter with a big green button that read: Welcome! The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The rotating projection of the earth disappeared, but the button remained, as either a taunt or a promise. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The spell whizzed right at the witch, and the thread holding one of his silver jacket buttons came undone. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the days following, he can hardly manage to comb his hair or convince his fingers to button his coat. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I wished that I had gone for the panic button. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She heads straight for the sale rack at the back and finds a mustard- colored wool coat, several sizes too big for me, with shiny black buttons. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe I would have pressed the button when the sluggers abducted me from Diego’s house if they’d given me the chance. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I could have settled the argument by informing them that I wasn’t going to press the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I thought about how the children who lived in this house had been burned up and blown apart because a pilot who didn’t care pushed a button. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He’d had a button and a pennant collection, a thousand pennies in a large mason jar, a fishbowl, and a model tin lizzie hung from a strand of wire in one corner. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And there She was: taller than I expected, and slender, and dressed in a fussy peach dress with too many jet buttons. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Every time I saw her after that, I would pretend to look down, busy rearranging my books or the buttons on my sweater, guilty that I knew everything about her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She presses a button on a pad near her fingertips. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Very clever of you, sir, very clever, I personally would be utterly bamboozled by all those buttons and knobs,” said Dedalus. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He could sew a little, buttons and small tears. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He applied one single drop to the button, then pressed the gluey button to the axle, sat on his bed, and held it there for what seemed like hours. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Some of the floor bosses had started using adding machines, clanking things crowded with stiff brass buttons and spools of paper, but Kaz did the Crow Club tallies in his head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She buttoned the waistcoat snugly over the shirt and sat down to lace on her boots, then pulled her hair back and tucked it beneath the high collar before tying the cravat around her neck. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hit the water in a sitting position, and got wet clear up to the third button of his jacket. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

She returns with a small black box covered in dials and buttons. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Malik walked over to the edge of the pool, knelt down, lifted a door hidden in the patio’s tile, and pressed a button. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The light of the lanterns fell on his beaming face; the golden buttons shone on his embroidered silk waistcoat. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The green UP button on the right side of the frame began to glow. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Where’s my yellow dress? The one that buttons all the way down?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Quite the pair, those two foreign fellas. The older one doesn’t have a button left on him.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Absolutely nothing happens for six minutes, except that I have pushed the View button three times. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Their coats all had brass buttons or tinsel or piping or numbers or stripes or eagles or moons or stars dangling from them. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Count Greffi pushed a button on the wall to ring for the barman. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Stella pulled her jacket closer, buttoning up her resentment. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Hard shrunken skin pouches and black leather purses trimmed with hammered silver buttons were things he could understand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Something about the way she does this makes me glance down to make sure my fly is buttoned. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew better than to ask for a pair of bell-bottoms or jeans, although Miss Honeywell looked snappy and mod in her shocking-pink bell-bottom pants and matching jacket with big gold buttons. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get some dessert,” he says, and presses a button on the wall for service. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When Gram saw them, they had butterfly wings and hats and tunics made with bits of thread and spare buttons they had managed to pluck from unsuspecting humans who wandered too close to the forest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Stuart scrambled nimbly up to the top of the stack of books and jumped for the button on the bell. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“She hit some wrong button on the elevator and it took her all the way down in the basement where it was dark,” Deborah told me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She shut the closet door and leaned against it, dressed in skinny jeans and a dolman sleeved indigo blue top that showed her belly button. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Here we go!” cried Mr. Wonka, and he pressed three different buttons on the side of the machine. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

So they sewed on buttons during the fourth day, and started again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, trying to figure out the buttons on his dashboard. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Marco,” she says, her fingers fumbling with the buttons on his vest. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He began buttoning his shirt as the courier rode off—no hurry, why hurry?—and began slipping on the belt and saber. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed a button and held the phone to her ear, but she didn’t speak first. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

After I’m done with the bear, I dust the fancy books nobody reads, the Confederate coat buttons, the silver pistol. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She wore a nightgown clasped at the bodice with jeweled buttons. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Before she went to baby-sit again, Shirley secretly substituted buttons for the coins in the piggy bank. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dylan mashes a giant red button and the transporter begins to hum. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Amara’s back stiffens, and she turns and presses the button for the elevator. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

August said it could make your fishing line float, your button thread stronger, your furniture shinier, your stuck window glide, and your irritated skin glow like a baby’s bottom. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the push of another button the bags begin to swing back and forth at different speeds. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

After a moment I lay down beside him and he kissed me again, gently undoing my buttons. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t look very different from any elderly man, close to, and had a clipped gray beard and his coat buttoned all the way down the front. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Bees buzzed around the bachelor’s buttons that brushed up against Aunt Florentine’s hip, but they did not touch her. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the tiny pearl buttons on Isabella’s sweater. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She presses the button on the side of the device and tosses it across the alley, underhand. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I will need someone to do my buttons,” said the princess as she stepped into the dress. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She took her finger off the talk button and looked at me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I began to think about all the times that I was almost killed and the fact that my name could have been on one of those buttons. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The buttons on the cuff of the shirt, a cool blue against the white linen. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The basque was buttoned down the front with black buttons which looked so exactly like juicy big blackberries that Laura wanted to taste them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept one foot planted on the chain’s anchor and his thumb on the UP button. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Dimple hit the play button with a shaking finger, and the song flooded the room. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she brushed his jacket free of hair and dandruff; he adjusted her worn quilt robe in return, tugging at the shoulders, buttoning the rhinestone buttons. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw white drill, epaulettes, a revolver, a row of gilt buttons down the front of a uniform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Here there was a single button and this had to be done up. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She clicked one of the buttons and swung the blue glow down to the ground to see what she’d hit. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Because if she's pushed the print button, then this girl's probably going to push something else. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I don’t press the button, I’m definitely dead. At least if I press it, I’ve got a chance at a long life. I like having choices.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

If I hide one behind my back, she can take one look at her box and name the exact button I have. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made signs and paper buttons and membership cards. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

In rage, Werfel popped the button and threw the hat to the floor. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I glanced down to make sure I hadn’t buttoned my yellow silk shirt wrong or something, but no, my clothes were fine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And, “Tell Mom my jacket, blue one, button came off, I’m not going ask second time.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

With trembling fingers, I undid one of the buttons to show an inch more skin where the cleavage should have been. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He buttons her into her winter overcoat, though it is the middle of June, and they bustle downstairs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The hands start and people begin betting crazy, throwing in three or four buttons right at the beginning. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He manages to get the next two buttons on his shirt undone before Henry grabs it by the tails and pulls it off over his head and makes quick work of his own. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A chubby lady ran her fingers through Luke’s hair and said to her husband, “Isn’t he cute as a button!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then I punch the lock button so she can hear it loud and clear. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Smart enough to know how to press my buttons,” she said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a carnation in his lapel and, above it, his Union button. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My shirt, uncomfortably tight, buttons straining across my chest, is pit-stained, damp patches clammy beneath my arms. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eyes are half open and yellow like old horn buttons. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in her neat traveling dress, the jacket edged in black braid, black velvet lapels, and large jet buttons. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a tiny green dot next to my dad’s name, and I press the call button, waiting as it rings noisily. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They wear cashmere sweaters and pearl button earrings, and smoke cigarettes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She picked at her teeth with a long crimson-varnished fingernail, then she tapped the finger, gently, tap-tap-tap against the polished black surface of her black button eyes. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

And then I went up to the door and I pressed the big button and the doors slid open and I stepped through the doors. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed a button, and El Monstruo vibrated to life, hissing angrily like we’d woken it up from a nice nap. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He pressed the Play button and headed for the creaky staircase. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then she saw the button: press in case of fire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Nailer slapped frantically at the release lever and hit the engagement override button. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He's as tall as the Tribesman but twice as broad, with a paunch that strains the buttons of his gold brocade shirt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She put the hat on his head and buttoned his coat. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if at least one of you presses the button, those of the group who press the button will receive $3,000 and those who refrain from pressing the button will receive nothing. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She buttoned a black cotton cardigan over her white T-shirt. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She sat on the bed and watched him put away his hat and undo the button on his collar and brush his hair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I jammed the gloves and pictures under the waistband of my shorts, then reached for the rest of the buttons with shaking fingers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Central, people put up signs, wore buttons, and passed out materials, just as though it were a real election. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She steps back as far as she can, holding out the remains of the box at arm’s length and pressing a button on it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Pollard strode out with him, buttoned into Howard’s red and white silks. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nose transforms from a slender-tipped point to more of a cute button. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I unbuttoned my waistcoat and the first two buttons of my shirt to provide some relief. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Big Ma would have given me an earful the second I came into the living room, where she sat in her chair, resewing Pa’s shirt buttons. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

All the while, Spoon Man quietly meandered through the crowd, selling a frying pan, a box of buttons, a kerosene lamp, and a fishing pole. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Through the like-line. You know. Where your belly button is. That is where the like-line grows from and pumps the blood to the baby.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always said you were bright as a button. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Darius says, and walks over to a small box against a wall in the living room and presses a button. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He buttoned up his coat jauntily and Francie saw that he wore their father’s signet ring. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man carrying the feet pushed a button that rang a bell. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She pressed the bell button three times before she entered the hallway so that Mama could be on the alert and make sure that Francie wouldn’t be attacked by someone lurking in the hallways. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed Mrs. Hauser’s door and pushed the elevator call button. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

She sewed on the buttons that had come off her messenger jacket. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were simply meant to force me to see that there was a causal relationship between whether I pressed the button and whether the planet exploded. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Kate stared longingly at the button...but of course she couldn’t press it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She hit the intercom button on her desk phone and said, “Sam, can you come up here a minute?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grip was polished bronze, studded with dials and buttons. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We learned that a bright button is weightier than four volumes of Schopenhauer. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew it. Them Alkeans can’t button their pants without ten sets of instructions. Of course they leave it to us to figure out the hard parts.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The other initiates are in the dormitory, tying shoelaces and buttoning jackets and throwing smiles around like they don’t mean it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Lemoncello said that, he pushed a big red button in his podium. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

"I'm just saying we could have found a spot on the street," she said as she pressed the elevator button in the parking garage. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Acererak slapped the Two Player button, and my eyes locked on the screen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

More than once I accidentally pushed a button and recoiled in terror as the blank screen came to life with exotic tropical fish or swarms of flying toasters. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

To do this, he had to run up and down a ladder attached to a huge machine, and push a variety of buttons that made gigantic cranes move like mechanical dinosaurs to lift the bundles. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"They were from here?" he asks, and he secures a button at my neck. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I cranked each option up to its highest setting, then tapped the Apply button at the bottom of the screen three times. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He had flicked open the silver buttons at my waist. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I buttoned up my jacket and jumped into the water. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t something I’d do, but I could see the button would make a good trade with someone inclined in that direction. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bites her lip and presses a button to listen to the next message. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her belly button protruded from her satiated satin stomach like a domed monument on a hill. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of junk is that to say on a button?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I had just come from dinner and in bending forward to suppress a belch, I accidentally pressed the button on the wheel and the belch became a loud and shattering blast of the horn. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the sheet away, revealing a collection of levers and knobs almost as complicated-looking as Leo’s control panel on the Argo II. “This button?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I drop the spoon and push more phone buttons. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“But they told me I could prevent it. All I have to do is press a red button on their ship.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Wanda reached up and pressed the button to call for a stop. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He smiled as Tendai buttoned it and tied a rag around him for a belt. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I changed my socks and began buttoning my dress shirt, avoiding their eyes, trying to think of how I’d say it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I cannot, Monsieur. It is a mystery to me. All my buttons are intact.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We blow it up, experimenting with new fuels for our flying saucers. A Tralfamadorian test pilot presses a starter button, and the whole Universe disappears.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed a brass button and a bell rang and the cage came up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The shirt was worn-looking, with a mismatched button, but it wouldn’t cling, or give out too much information. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I put my glass down and grab the remote, clicking the volume button up, up, up. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi buttoned up again and pulled the door open, his heart in his mouth. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t ask any more questions—instead, right before Kasim pushes the button to start the car, I pull on the sleeve of his coat, lean over, and kiss him on the cheek. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

‘Quite the little gentleman—from the waist up. Silver buttons, eh? Ruffled shirt?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, after my dad caught an earful of their conversation, he rushed over to the phone base and stabbed the button down with his finger to disconnect the call. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She clicked a button on her remote control, and a photograph appeared on the screen at the front of the room. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Calista punched the button for the eighth floor, and the elevator doors closed. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He went over to the wall and pressed a button. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He slapped another button and braked the system. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She saw Punky Perkins, next to her in church, drop two buttons in the plate in lieu of the two pennies his mother had given him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I need to get beads and buttons for the sarcophagus, if Abuela can spare some. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When I roll over on top of my book I look, but Daddy’s back is turned to me, buttoning his suspenders. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, but I walked over to see if the button, the pencil, and the cockroach were still there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Of course you do. Everyone does,” said the other mother, her black button eyes gleaming. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He said, “Hello, Tandy,” and jabbed at the button for the ground floor. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

She had a short, messy haircut and a nose like a button. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

When the coat puffed up, she’d quickly button up the spirit inside and hurry it home to the child’s body in bed. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that is to melodramatically push the detonate button. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“We call that a panic button,” she said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They were bright brown kid with two buttons, very smart. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The faded mole by her lips holds the folds of thin flesh in place like a flat black button. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of pinning it on myself, but what did I want with a button that said PEACE? Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Ben pushed the power button on the stereo, and we all got very quiet as Ben pulled into a parking lot long since reclaimed by the gray sandy dirt. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The shirt showed his belly button, and the pants bulged around his hips and barely covered his knees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Kohl pencil marks map the changes I'll make: higher cheekbones like her mother's, a button nose like her father's, and deep sloping eyes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Byrne pushes a button on the wall and the overhead light springs on as Mr. Byrne comes through the front door, having retrieved my bag from the truck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I try loosening my girdle, but I’m completely strapped in with a series of hooks and buttons. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

His eyes were buttons, big and black and shiny. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

As the curses came shooting across the intervening space again, Hagrid swerved and zigzagged: Harry knew that Hagrid did not dare use the dragon-fire button again, with Harry seated so insecurely. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"I remember you sewing my buttons, Mom," Uncle Lou says, making her smile again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

M. Bouc was handling the button Mrs. Hubbard had left behind her. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I got it cleaned before I came here,” Kasim says as he presses the button that starts the car. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Or cutting their conversations whenever he walked by, like he was some kind of human mute button. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mama said, clicking the button at least eleven times before Papa confiscated her phone. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Only the visor and control buttons were intact. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He presses some buttons near the dashboard and the music changes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He led them to a wall of doors, pressed a button and bowed slightly to show them in. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She throws mint leaves and a tiny bit of yogurt into the blender, adds lemon juice, and presses the button. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

To crunch into that succulent fruit that smelled like roses and let the aromatic juice run down my chin and stain my pretty city dress with its bows, buttons, and ribbons. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I watch as her hands reach up to fix her face mask while she leans over to press a button, the doors slowly closing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Héctor and Raymond were buttoned into their school assembly shirts, and us girls put on our good dresses, while Mami combed our hair into tight braids held at the nape with modest white ribbons. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Underneath, he wore common clothes—a buttoned shirt, a cravat, and a waistcoat draped with a silver chain and fob—and uncommon adornments. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve already seen Mrs. Campbell wearing a different twin set, a beige one, her breasts pronging out, the buttoned sweater draped over her shoulders like a cape. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The porter turned to his telephone, and Lyra watched pityingly as he pressed the buttons and spoke into it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a square gray box with rectangular controllers that featured a few simple buttons. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The pigeon’s eye is like a polished shirt button. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, take several deep breaths, and reach out and press the button. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He knelt down and unbuttoned the brass buttons of the green coat. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m fed up to the eyeballs with that button brigade,” she sobbed. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I'm close, she shoots me a look and then hits a button and suddenly Dell Duke's voice is on speakerphone. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

There’s an outbreak of forest tent caterpillars, the biggest in years: this is what fills him with glee, makes his eyes of a gnome shine in his head like blue- gray buttons. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing will make me change my mind about the button, but I’m trying my best to maintain the status quo for the days that remain. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure hears that the diamond is pale green and as big as a coat button. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He seemed to regard the button panel, madam, as some sort of typewriter or piano or I.B.M. computer. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All the more reason not to press that button, yeah?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She would fly into Peachy Helen's bedroom where Peachy was buttoning her satiny housecoat, and whisper, “Lavender’s blue, dilly-dilly, lavender’s green.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They had learned to anticipate how he would hook his thumbs behind the tiny black catch buttons of his suspenders. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He presses his thumb against one of my shirt buttons. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

His stereo sat near her on the floor, and she kicked her toe at the power button, turning it off. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I pressed the Message Play button, which I hadn’t done since the worst day, and that was on the old phone. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead there was a button that did it for you automatically. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was the Secret Santa to the other girl with the tattoo and belly button ring, whose real name is Alice. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The thing turned its head until both its black button eyes were pointed straight at her. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I even recognized her dress—navy with a prim white collar and cuffs, buttoned tightly. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Freezing a cell was like pressing a pause button: cell division, metabolism, and everything else simply stopped, then resumed after thawing as if you’d just pressed play again. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I entered my stronghold’s hangar and pressed a button on the wall to open the launch doors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He wore a black suit that stretched only far enough across his vast belly for one button to connect with its buttonhole. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He ran to the hall closet, yanked open the door, and punched buttons quickly, afraid he’d forget the sequence if he hesitated even a second. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The brass buttons on Sergeant Maples’s coat, the insignia on his collar, and the badges on his chest all caught the meager courtroom light and held it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She keeps hitting the big green button, but nothing is happening. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She wore pajamas, a rough brown sweater buttoned crooked, and a big apron, not a work apron but a bib. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I notice that his shirt’s buttons are in the wrong buttonholes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw stopped and undid the buttons of his shirt all the way down to the bottom. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I hit the power button with my toes and waited for it to start up. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The plum trees blossomed; the petals fell like snow, leaving behind tiny green buttons that hid shyly among the leaves. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He just lies there in his carriage, gazing solemnly up at me with his round blue eyes as his button of a nose gets redder and redder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Wynn’s Chevy lurched to a stop, he pushed a few buttons and a slide guitar intro began for what I could only guess was Brent Chisholm’s duet with Momma. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Skipping class wasn’t going to change my mind about pressing the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Ben asks as I press the button for the third floor. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He ignored the question, letting his hand wander between the buttons of my blouse. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Leo ran his hands along the surface, sensing tiny buttons and levers awaiting his commands. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I undo the buttons of my gray Abnegation shirt, exposing my arms, revealing more of my body than anyone else has ever seen. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I push the button to end the call, and I see the phone wobbling. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Huey began to talk in a low, soothing voice, smoothing the salve on my temples and fitting the small electric buttons on either side of my head. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She presses a button and here is movement after so many minutes of suspension. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She reaches the elevator first, stepping inside and turning to face me as she hits the floor button. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The man pressed the number 1 button and waved to me as the doors closed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I’ve set the record button this time, so I can hear myself play, find the blips I need to smooth out. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

They wore blouses with buttons down the front that suggested the possibilities of the word undone. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t think of it as an ending; just a pause button till you read the next great thing.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain, meanwhile, had pressed a button on his chair, and the Whispering Gallery’s metal door was sliding open. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nick shrugged and buttoned up, tucking in his shirttails. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dorian loosened the top button on his vest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They sold buttons, flags, banners, and sashes, and they solicited funds by writing letters and making phone calls. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Tell Mom my blue jacket, one button came off.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hatsue straightened her bra and clasped it again and buttoned up her dress. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

With a crisp collar and two rows of buttons down the front. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Every button of her ebony shirt gleams with the shimmer of a serpent’s eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We found the button that makes the bookshelf move,” Emma told her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Next to him sat a man with suspicious gray eyes and a liver- colored coat with a double row of gold buttons fastened over a large pudding-belly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then with a slight rasp of his canvas skin, he turns his head to me, and his blue button eyes rotate slightly, like binoculars seeking focus. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Then they pulled on their beautiful white stockings, that they had knit of fine cotton thread in lacy, openwork patterns, and they buttoned up their best shoes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fingers brushed again something hard and smooth in my pocket, and I didn’t need to pull it out to know that it was the panic button. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Ms. Pagett starts to say something else, but Mom is pushing the volume button. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moon Orchid tugged at the first shirt for half an hour, and she folded it crooked, the buttonholes not lined up with the buttons at all. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kids were bustling in and out of the house, carrying props, buttoning up suit jackets, and zipping into sequined dresses. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Her blue uniform shirt stretches over her big chest and two buttons look like they will pop. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

By midsummer we could not see out the windows for the foxglove and the bachelor’s buttons. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Burst my eyes in their sockets. Crush my heart in my chest. That door won’t unlock, and in the time it takes you to tamper with my pulse, I’ll press this button.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She buttoned her dress and went into the kitchen and sat in her nursing rocker near the window. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke with an Austrian accent, which made Deborah wiggle her eyebrows at me when he turned to press the elevator call button. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Today, it’s a skintight navy-blue jean dress, with thick gold buttons. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But when I glance at Lolo, I see his crooked glasses and that he’s buttoned his shirt all wrong, the way the twins sometimes do. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I arbitrarily punch buttons on the control board and end up hopping from foot to foot as alternating jets of icy cold and steaming hot water assault me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I look up at him, and he’s looking down at me, and now I’m shaking so bad, I can’t get the next button undone. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She’s seen the movie thousands of times; she doesn’t need to hit the play button in her visual memory and watch the critters quivering every time she talks about whether her experiment worked. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She zipped up her hoodie just as Rishi buttoned up his coat, both of them retreating a little farther into the warmth of fleece and heavy cotton. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Look, he may try to push your buttons,” he says, keeping his voice low. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

One day you put it on, and surprise: Your belly button is showing. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She came back into the living room, buttoning her dress front, and happened upon the game. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The lich and I faced off one final time, at the very top of the playing field, both of us incessantly hitting our Flap buttons while slamming our joysticks left and right. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There’s still no sound, but the Play button is pressed. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But here something caught her eye, a coin lying next to the drain—no, not a coin, a button. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I was going to be flogged for the “crime” of losing a button. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the corridor, I knotted my necktie and buttoned my shoes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I walk to the closest barrel next to an empty pod, its orange flashing button highlighting Fu, Jie Ru over and over. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Using it to hold the alarm button down, I pull open the door and use a brick leaning against the wall to keep it open. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

June had on lavender pedal pushers with daisy buttons up the sides, the likes of which I’d never seen before. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Finally, a good question,” Blessington said, adjusting his tie and buttoning up his blazer. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I try to calm Mama, but my own hands are shaking so bad I can’t button up my dress. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he went to his room and came out buttoning a clean one. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

John then cut off his buttons and handed them to Charles, who took out the bits of paper and translated the shorthand messages for intelligence officers. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad clicked on the radio and punched the buttons until he found a traffic report. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was showing them how it worked, that you turn it on and just talk, you press this button and wait and then listen. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They breathed into one another, and she took his upper lip between her lips while he worked on the buttons carefully. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When my mom has Nat ready to go, my father picks up her suitcase, hands Natalie her button box and opens the door. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found a gumdrop and a candy cigarette and a fancy button. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I turn back to see it sail ninety degrees the wrong direction and land right in the middle of Nat’s button box, tipping it into her grid game. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look away, hiding a grin, and inhale sharply, flexing the best I can while I lift up my shirt and attach the tube to the button sticking out of my abdomen. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I trudge to the shower, pick a ball of lint the size of a cat’s paw out of Finn’s belly button. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Even when I pressed down on the button to start the spray, I still didn’t know. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It’s usually the number of buttons in her collection or shoes in my mother’s closet or spools of thread in the drawer. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get behind the wheel, close the door, and hit the lock button, hearing the satisfying sound of locks thudding down. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

While she undoes button after button, he pulls blindly at fastenings and ribbons, refusing to take his lips from hers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hie next time the image was whole, I scrambled to the button and slammed it with my hand. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I put my sweater inside my backpack and sloppily hung my tie over my shoulders without even buttoning or tucking in my shirt. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The walls, and even the ceiling, were covered all over with rows and rows and rows of small, black push buttons! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

And yet every time he wakes and buttons his tunic, he feels he is betraying something. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The look he gave me seemed to see right through me, right to my back collar button. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Just kindly button that lip of yours,” she said, rather absently. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

But the Communists wear a blue plainness dotted with one red Mao button. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I turned and went out the door, buttoning up my coat. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oscar who was on the football team before he graduated from high school grabs Charlie’s shirt and tears off two buttons. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

People can push a button to hear a recording of your story. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He looks very authoritative—even more so now in his uniform of brass buttons and blue wool—but authority and reason are two different things. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I think about it all the way home.When my mother leaves, I unroll the sleeves of my shirt, button them at the cuffs, and I grab Natalie’s jacket. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run out the door after him, reminding myself I’ll have to return to arrange the tools and press the Start button, but soon I’m caught up in examining the snake’s shiny skin and entrails. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad says to tell you again he really needs that button sewn on,” Callie told Helen. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hover my cursor over the unfriend button on Fizz’s profile. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Then S.Q. was removing their blindfolds and pressing the intercom button. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled, pushed a button, and he heard a click that unlocked the door to her left. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie picks up where she left off, matching buttons to feathers and stones. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father asked, fumbling with the button that fastened the pocket on his shirt. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

So, after my finger hovers over the button for a moment, I hold my breath and hit upload, sending my song out there for everyone who needs it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She fidgeted beside me, tugging at her skirt and her buttons, watching me laugh. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Why they hadn’t given me another opportunity to press the button and whether they were ever real at all. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, when he knew visitors were expected, he would sit on the verandah and sew buttons that weren’t missing onto his shirts, to create the impression that Mammachi neglected him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shelves of goods—buttons, handsaws, sugar, rifles, bullets, scissors, pencils, bolts of cotton cloth, medicine, toys, in no particular order—lined the walls. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Coarse brown hair started at about his belly button and got thicker as it reached his shoulders. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure. Get me onto Dead Man’s Vlei, and I might as well give you the bus. Get out of here before I press the panic button.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wished he could remember even more details, like if Dad had unbuttoned his shirt’s top button, or if he smelled like shaving, or if he whistled “I Am the Walrus.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

They even held mock trials, such as the one where Worsley was accused of stealing a trouser button from the offering plate of a Presbyterian church. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He presses a button marked 39, but nothing happens. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“If you promise not to hurt me, I’ll tell you which button to push. It’s the middle one there on the right arm.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a scarlet coat with silver buttons and a white vest and black leggings halfway up to his knees. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrap the jacket around Caleb’s shoulders and fasten one of the buttons over his chest. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We can’t restrain him when he’s angry—and he has his hand on the nuclear button’—and Ho Chi Minh himself will be in Paris in two days begging for peace.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Two more boys with plastered heads and round eyes came out of the bushes, buttoning shirts that had already dampened onto their shoulders and arms, and I tried to stop the laughter, but I couldn’t. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the other mother’s button eyes, Coraline knew that she was a possession, nothing more. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He pointed, clicked a button, and several laser beams shot from the device, tracing over the camera. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Olympic shield emblazoned on the breast and bright brass buttons, each with a miniature shield. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

So she has to satisfy herself with taking us to the elevator, fussing over our hair, and pushing the button for us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I head to the elevator and press the down button. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He wiped the snowflakes from his eyelashes and fiddled with the dirty buttons on the front of his thin jacket, rubbing them between his fingers the way he had rubbed the cover of his notebook. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“You still want me to press the button, even after what I did?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Just checkin’ the time,” he said, pressing the button again, his voice back to its regular gruff tone, not its annoyed gruff tone. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He pointed a thick finger at a purple button near the speedometer. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She removes my shoes and replaces them with silk house socks that button along my ankles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She drew her pole slowly back over her shoulder and whipped it forward as she released a button on the reel. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Better tips, I've learned, if the fabric hugs your hips and your cleavage crests between the buttons. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was surprised to find what looked like a blunted smooth button at the tip of the sword instead of a sharp point. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He went inside the arch and pressed a small button on the wall. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Reggie presses a button on the computer, and paragraphs of text appear under the “MicroScan” bar at the top of the screen. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And there, at the very bottom of the bag, was another panic button. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“If you knew the world was going to end, and you could press a button to prevent it, would you?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The ladder began a slow and steady descent to the floor—even though Kyle hadn’t pushed a button. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

My own hands were sweating as I pressed the button and looked up at the others. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

After a while, he pressed the power button on the remote and the TV went quiet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He pushed a button on the arm of his wheelchair. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The hard heels of her buttoned boots made a hollow banging sound against its wet boards, loud in the warm and breathless quiet. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Chavez loaned her the striped shirt that had had the buttons torn off at Lake Mag. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Raised dots, like pink candy on white sheets, can tell you what elevator button to push, or what door leads to the girls’ bathroom, or tell you a story like The Three Little Pigs. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Reynie, who had been watching Sticky in bleak despair, noted which button Mr. Curtain pressed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

So Stuart felt around until his hand came in contact with a button. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I set the volume and brightness controls to their lowest settings and tapped the Apply button again. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was a drum Mamita brought back from a trip to New York; a magnificent drum, its sides bright red, crisscrossed by gold wire held down by gold button heads, its top and bottom white. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Why, why, why do they have to hold the button down forever? When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“But this is a button from the tunic of a Wagon Lit attendant!” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In a really good way,” she said, holding his gaze just a moment longer than she had to before turning to push the down button again. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He plays with the buttons, then aims it at Windy. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the mere pressing of buttons is rewarding, providing a dopamine release. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Draco Malfoy was standing there with his wife and son, a dark coat buttoned up to his throat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We pause so the woman can hit a metal button commanding double doors to open and let us into the pediatric ward of the hospital. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The wandlight sparkled on his shiny pate, his prominent eyes, his enormous, silver, walruslike mustache, and the highly polished buttons on the maroon velvet jacket he was wearing over a pair of lilac silk pajamas. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and push the elevator button. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Also, a pair of man’s trousers with buttons of bone. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped to the side to get a better angle on the button. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I touched Gran’s collection of fabrics, the shiny bright buttons, the colored threads. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Punch the button and place your order. All I do is carry the dumb trays.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Eagle was wearing his only outfit, and I wondered whether he just had thirty identical white button- down shirts and thirty identical black ties in his closet. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Rafe pushed a bunch of buttons on the keyboard in front of him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mary Poppins sighed with pleasure, however, when she saw three of herself, each wearing a blue coat with silver buttons and a blue hat to match. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I’d rather be soaking wet and covered in gritty wet sand and seaweed than living in a land of black robes and pearl buttons and sadness. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A man with monogrammed shirts, a maid, a mansion, and all he wanted was to finger her belly button. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made it to the big cargo room and Alec went to the control pad, pressed the ramp buttons. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The slightest infraction—an upturned collar, a missing button, dirty clothing, unshined shoes, too shiny shoes, faulty bed making—could mean a beating or death. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But then the clover elves all start to talk in Chitterish, and the one who can speak English explains that they’re just amazed by Sarah’s freckles and Jack’s buttons?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

So you load in your data, you give the search program some clues about what sort of results you'd like it to look for, and then you push a button. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They distributed shiny white buttons with Mattie’s mug on them to the neighborhood kids. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke followed to find her jerking open a closet door, then punching buttons on a panel of colored lights. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Theresa and I put her buttons back as best we can, arguing over where they should go. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the guards pressed a button and Pashtu music filled the room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a whole setup in here,” he said, pushing the button on a gadget to open the garage door. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I see a few people walking around with jackets buttoned up to their chins. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I kneeled down to input the code, and panicked when the panel of buttons didn’t work. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Polishing silver reminds me of preschool, where I did all these random chores like sorting, scrubbing, and sewing giant buttons with a blunt needle. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lemoncello walked over to the wall of bookshelves and tilted back the head on a marble bust of Andrew Carnegie, revealing a red button hidden in his neck. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

After rewriting it a few dozen times, I tapped the Send button. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He shook it, he took it apart again and put it back together, he kept his thumb on the power button until it hurt. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Stick my arm out straight and point my finger at her button boots. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t press the button, the future would never disappoint any of us. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I still had only my thin wool coat with the buttons missing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They all want to touch the machine or push a button or try to operate it, but Catherine keeps them away and lets me do all the demonstrating. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

His eyes shone as he pressed buttons on the walkie-talkie, and waited while the hook-handed man answered. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

There I sit in the chair, with the lights off, in my red dress, hooked and buttoned. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z